Primates and Human Evolution
Please note: Study abroad programs sponsored by the undergraduate College of the University of Chicago are open to University of Chicago students only. Applications from outside the University are not accepted.
Students participating in the College-sponsored autumn-quarter program on Primates and Human Evolution will take an intensive, three-course Biological Sciences sequence taught by Chicago faculty at the University of Chicago’s Center in Paris. This sequence is unique in that the courses may be used both by Biological Sciences majors (as upper-level BIOS courses within the major) and by non-science majors (to meet the BIOS general education requirement). All three courses have been approved for use in the Anthropology and Comparative Human Development majors. Therefore, while the program is open to students of all majors, it will be particularly attractive to those interested in primate behavior, ecology, morphology, genetics, and the evolution of human behavior. Classroom work will be complemented by excursions to Parisian sites of evolutionary and zoological importance. In addition to the BIOS sequence, all participants will take a “practical” French language course running at a normal pace through the ten weeks.
BIOS 23241 99: Primate Evolution, Professor Robert Martin
Investigate the comparative morphological and molecular evidence for evolution across the entire order Primates, including both basic data and theoretical issues.
BIOS 23253 99 (= ANTH 28600 99): Apes and Human Evolution, Professor Russ Tuttle Critically examine the ways in which data on the behavior, morphology, and genetics of apes have been used to elucidate human evolution.
BIOS 23248 99 (= HUDV 21800 99): Primate Behavior and Ecology,
Professor Dario Maestripieri
Explore the behavior and ecology of nonhuman primates with an emphasis on their natural history and evolution.
Headquarters for all of the College's programs in Paris is the University of Chicago’s Center in Paris. The Center in Paris builds upon the University's long association with various Parisian institutions, as well as its eminence, recognized by the French government, in interdisciplinary scholarship related to France. It acts as a gathering place for undergraduates, graduate researchers, and alumni as well as a site for lectures, conferences, and receptions. For participants in the various programs sponsored by the College in Paris, the Center, with its classrooms, offices, computers, language lab, and (modest) library, provides an administrative and instructional home as well as a supportive environment. Its location, in a "new," academically-oriented neighborhood in the thirteenth arrondissement, places it within easy walking distance of the relocated Bibliothèque Nationale (Bibliothèque François Mitterand) and just across the street from the new home of the Université Denis Diderot.
As a participant in the Human Evolution Program you will live in a residence hall in the Cité Internationale Universitaire, a campus-like assemblage of houses for international students. In addition to its various national residences, the Cité comprises a library, restaurant (with adjoining cafeteria), and several sports and exercise facilities. Located at the southern edge of Paris (in the fourteenth arrondissement), the Cité offers easy access, by metro and bus, to all of Paris.
You receive full credit (four courses) for your work in the Primates and Human Evolution program. Course titles, units of credit, and grades are placed on your Chicago transcript. The BIOS courses have been approved for use in the Biology, Anthropology, and Comparative Human Development majors. The use of a course in another major will be subject to the approval of the respective program chair; otherwise, any course may count as a free elective.
You remain registered full-time in the College and pay regular College tuition, the Autumn Paris program fee and the non-refundable study abroad administrative fee required of all participants in Chicago's programs abroad. For precise figures, see Study Abroad Program Fees.
You retain your financial aid eligibility. However, two expenses--the non-refundable study abroad administrative fee and the round-trip airfare to Paris--are not underwritten by College Financial Aid. On the other hand, since you cannot be expected to work part-time while in Paris, the self-help component of your financial aid package does not include a term-time employment factor.
The Primates and Human Evolution program is designed for undergraduates in good standing who are beyond their first year in the College. While the program stipulates no minimum grade-point average, you should present a transcript demonstrating that you are a serious student who will make the most of this opportunity.
Applications are available on the study abroad website. To apply to the Primates and Human Evolution program, a student submits a general study abroad application electronically, then downloads the supplementary application specific to this program and submits it on paper, normally in mid-winter quarter of the previous academic year.
A student accepting an offer of admission is expected to secure his or her place with a $500 non-refundable study abroad administrative fee. (To begin the application process, click on the Study Abroad General Application.)
If you would like to discuss the Primates and Human Evolution program and the possibility of participating in it, you are invited to contact Sarah Walter (Harper 207A; 834-3753).
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