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Forensic Osteology [ANAT 3006]

Timetable - Semester 1, 2008 [began March 3]

Monday Tuesday
Lectures
11am-noon: Physics L5 9-10am: Physics L1
Tutorial class
11am-1.00pm: Anatomy Tutorial rooms*
Practical class
  3-4.00pm: Anatomy Tutorial rooms*
Week
Lecture Topic
Tutorial/Practical
1
Introduction
The Skull (T)
The Skull
No Practical
2
Teeth
Teeth & Postcranial Skeleton (T)
Postcranial Skeleton
Case Study (P)
3
Ancestry
Ancestry (T) + Quiz 1
Ancestry - CRANID
Case Study (P)
Easter Recess [March 21-28]
4
Sex - Skeleton
Sex (T)
Sex - Skull
Case Study (P)
5
Age - Skeleton
Age (T)
Age - Dental
Case Study (P)
6
Stature
Stature and Time since Death (T)
Time elapsed since death
Case Study (P)
7
Non Human Bone

Non Human Bone (T)

Non Human Bone

Case Study (P)

8
Variation and Anthropometry
Anthropometry & Muscles (T)
Muscle Attachments

Practical Case Study HAND IN REVIEW  (4 pm secretary’s office)

9
Lifestyle Markers
Lifestyle Markers (T) + Quiz 2
Histology of Bone
Case Study (P)
10
Nonmetric Variation
Nonmetric Variation (T)
Nonmetric Variation - Dental
Case Study (P)
11
Dental Pathology
Dental Pathology & ID (T)
Chemistry of Bone
Case Study (P)
12
Pathology
Visit to Coroner's Court (am)
DVI
Case Study (P)
13
Legislation
Revision (T)
Expert Witness
Case Study (P) Hand in Case Study Report June 6
14
Study Period
15-16
Examinations

PRESCRIBED TEXT: White, TD and Folkens, PA, 2005. Human Bone Manual - Elsevier Academic Press

COURSE BOOKLET: Is available from the University Copy Centre, Darlington Road.

Author: D. Donlon, March 2008 | Course Coordinator | Back to top |