ANTHR 494

Forensic Anthropology

3 units

Winter 2023

Topics

Participation (494)/Ethics seminar (584)
Poster Presentation
Understand how identifying information is gleaned from human skeletal material
Analyze human skeletal material and present the results in a technical report
Research issues within the discipline and communicate your results via a term paper and presentation
Understand how forensic anthropologists work with investigators, search managers, and other experts to assist in identifying unidentified remains
Understand the limitations of forensic anthropologists in the search, recovery, and analysis of human remains
Understand how the forensic analysis of human remains is evolving with developments in science, technology and working relationships

Winter 2020

to review and solidify your knowledge about standard methods used to create an osteobiography within a forensic context
to research a topic important to the discipline and to critically assess that information in poster format
and to contribute to the classroom experience, by participating in the classroom discussions

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