Paying for college:
| New course | Undergraduate |
| First term offered : Fall 2012 | ||
| Course Prefix&Number | Descriptive Title | Credits/Hours |
| CJ328 | Forensic Osteology | 4 - 0 |
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Abbreviation for Class Schedule(20 spaces) Forensic Osteology |
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Catalog Description: This course allows students hands-on experience in identification of complete and fragmentary human skeletal and dental remains. Topics will also include growth and development of osseous and dental structures, variation in osseous tissues, and modification of these tissues through traumatic, pathologic and taphonomic factors. Cross-listed with Anthropology. |
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Course Goal and Objectives: ¿ identify the bones and major anatomical features of the human skeleton from complete and fragmentary remains ¿ describe normal metric and nonmetric variation in the human skeleton associated with growth and development, sex, age, and ancestry ¿ conduct metric and nonmetric methods and techniques for establishing a biological profile ¿ measure and evaluate error rates, accuracy, and precision in forensic osteological methods ¿ write and interpret a professional forensic osteology report ¿ explain and evaluate ethical and professional conduct concerns |
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Justification for adding the course (e.g. alignment with other institutions, program revision, etc.): This course will be a required core course for a new forensic anthropology minor in the Criminal Justice Department. The course will be cross-listed with Anthropology to enhance and expand the department. |
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Faculty and facilities needed: A spacious interior room with large tables to accommodate approximately 25 students and allow for hands-on study and analysis with storage cabinets designed for easy access and permanent storage of human skeletal materials. |
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Brief Course outline: Readings: White, T.D. and P. Folkens (2000) Human Osteology. Second edition. Elsevier Academic Press, Burlington, MA. Schedule: Week 1 Introduction: General Overview of Osseous Tissue; Role of Forensic Osteologist Week 2 and 3 The Skull Week 4 Skull Measurements and Morphological Observations Week 5 Axial Skeleton Week 6 Appendicular Skeleton Week 7 Pelvic Girdle Week 8 Dentition Week 9 Analysis (Sex, Age, Ancestry, Stature etc.) Week 10 Osteology Case Analysis and Report |
| Step | Approver | Decision | Timestamp |
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| 1 - Department | Robin Smith | Approved | December 14 2011 |
| 2 - Division | John Rector | Approved | January 11 2012 |
| 3 - Division Curriculum | Mark Henkels | Approved | January 11 2012 |
| 5 - Curriculum Committee | Thaddeus Shannon | Approved | January 31 2012 |
| 6 - Faculty Senate | Gavin Keulks | Approved | February 28 2012 |
| 7 - Dean | Stephen Scheck | Approved | February 29 2012 |
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Comments: All aspects of placing the forensic anthropology-related courses (this course and all the other currently proposed courses) into the schedule and lab facilities needed for the lab-related courses will be part of the intentional design of rolling up the crime analysis programming that is serviced by the CJ and anthropology department. |
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| 8 - Provost | Kent Neely | Approved | March 01 2012 |
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