Program Overview

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Program Overview

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Course Details

ANTH 370 - Primates

Description

Behavioral patterns, ecological relationships, and communication of nonhuman primates. This is a capstone course option.

Prerequisite

ANTH 120 (Human Origins and Variation) or BZ 101 (Humans and Other Animals)

Textbooks and Materials

Please check the CSU Bookstore for textbook information. Textbook listings are available at the CSU Bookstore about 3 weeks prior to the start of the term.

Instructors

Kim Nichols

Kim Nichols was born in Nuremberg, Germany and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. Her undergraduate education at the University of California at Santa Cruz included extensive participation in nonhuman primate anatomical research, casework experience in forensic anthropology, and archaeological research at the State of California Mission Santa Cruz site.

Her graduate education at the University of Colorado at Boulder included field research on howling monkey locomotor behaviors in Costa Rica. In addition, she participated in primate paleontological field research at sites in Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and in the Fayum Depression in Egypt.

Additionally, she has studied primate skeletal and dental variation in museum collections in Washington DC, New York City, and Chicago, Illinois. Kim's current research interest is in nonhuman primate skeletal dimension variation in captive and wild populations and implications for the interpretation of reproductive pathways in extinct primate species.

Section 801 (Online)

Registration

Registration ends Sunday, January 25, 2026.

Course Schedule

• Date: Jan 20 - May 10, 2026 (16 wks.)
• Time: Asynchronous

Drop and Withdrawal Deadlines

• 100% tuition and fees refunded: February 4, 2026
• 50% tuition refunded with 'W' grade: March 23, 2026
• No tuition refunded and 'W' grade: April 17, 2026

Tuition

$1,470

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