This class is VERY worth taking if you want to fulfill your science requirement without doing bio or calc or something else icky to science-phobes. Prof. Cords seems to think her class is THE most difficult thing in the universe (she warns you on the first day, "this is not like the humanities departments. there's no grade inflation here. blah blah...") Of course there's no grade inflation; it's not necessary. The lectures are well organized (alternating between pretty interesting and unbearably boring). If you've taken the first class in the sequence (biological anthropology) and found it difficult, don't worry, b/c Prof Cord's class is much easier and even more interesting. Oh, yes, and the prof puts her notes on the internet for you, too.