Forensic Anthropology

Catalog description

This course teaches students about how forensic anthropologists help to resolve modern and historic crimes both in the laboratory and in the field. Students learn techniques that forensic anthropologists use to recover and identify individuals who died because of war, suicide, homicide, accident, or mass disaster. Specifically, class lectures, assigned readings, writing assignments, films, fieldwork, and group projects enhance these students� understanding of forensic anthropology.