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First term offered : Fall 2012
Course Prefix&Number	Descriptive Title	Credits/Hours
ANTH322	Forensic Anthropology	4 -

Abbreviation for Class Schedule(20 spaces)
Forensic Anth

Catalog Description:
In this course we will examine the role of the forensic anthropologist and history of the discipline. Students become familiar with the goals, techniques, and broader applications of forensic anthropology. Cross-listed with Criminal Justice.

Course Goal and Objectives:
Forensic anthropology is an applied subdiscipline of bioanthropology. Using bioanthropological methods, forensic anthropologists aid in cases of forensic or legal importance. In this course we will examine the role of the forensic anthropologist and history of the discipline. We will become familiar with the goals, techniques, and broader applications of forensic anthropology through lectures, readings, online labs, videos and in-depth projects. Learning Outcomes: From this course you will be able to: � Begin to identify human bones and teeth and some of their features � List the procedures for search and recovery of human skeletal remains � Describe and execute techniques used to assess sex, age, stature, and ancestry of human skeletal remains � Become familiar with techniques used to identify an individual as well as trauma and taphonomic agents associated with human skeletal remains � Explain how time since death is estimated � Summarize and provide examples of the various applications of forensic anthropology to historical, human rights, and mass disasters cases � Achieve a new familiarity and appreciation of forensic anthropology

Justification for adding the course (e.g. alignment with other institutions, program revision, etc.):
This course will enhance and expand the Anthropology department. The course will be cross-listed as a required core course for a new forensic anthropology minor in the Criminal Justice Department.

Faculty and facilities needed:
N/A

Brief Course outline:
Part I: Fundamentals Week 1 Introduction to the Course and Forensic Anthropology The History and Integration of Forensic Anthropology Lab 1 Introduction to Osteology Week 2 Search and Recovery/Forensic Archaeology Lab 2 Search and Recovery Week 3 Time Since Death and Forensic Taphonomy Lab 3 Time Since Death/Taphonomy Part II: Methods of Analysis Week 4 The Concept of Race as it Applies to Forensic Anthropology, Ancestry Estimation Sex Estimation Lab 4 Ancestry and Sex Week 5 Age and Stature Estimations Lab 5 Age and Stature Week 6 Trauma/Pathology, Stress Markers, and Anomalies Lab 6 Trauma/Pathology Week 7 Individualization: Forensic Odontology, Radiology, Facial Reconstruction, DNA Lab 7 Individualization Part III: Broader Applications Week 8 Historic Cases, Mass Disasters, and Human Rights Investigations Lab 8 Human Rights Week 9 Evidence, Court Testimony, Report Writing Lab 9 Report Writing Week 10 Conclusions Lab 10 Hollywood�s Forensic Anthropology

Approval Queue C01835

Step	Approver	Decision	Timestamp
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
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. Timing of development will need to fit within LAS budgetary capacity.
8 - Provost	Kent Neely	Approved	March 01 2012

Attached Files:

CJ322 Forensic Anth syllabus.doc

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