Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Forensic Anthropology (Practice) 55503012 0 + 2 1.0 2.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
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Goals History of Forensic Anthropology, development of forensic anthropology in Turkey and in the world, the subjects of forensic anthropologys
Course Content Identification of human skeletal remains
Learning Outcomes 1) Studying skeletons in forensic and/or archaeological cases in laboratory
2) Demographical laboratory practice for mass burials
3) Repairing and associating skeletons in the laboratory
4) Sex and age determination on skeletons

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Anthropology and Its Associated Disciplines Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Storyline; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Information about the place of Forensic Anthropology in forensic science, its importance, purpose and areas of work Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Project Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Information on the sites where the Forensic Anthropological Finds are Recovered Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning; Storyline; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Digging up bones from the area, recording, packaging and transportation to the laboratory Lecture; Problem Solving; Discussion; Education Excursion
Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Project Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Creating the Informatino Form that are to be used in Skeletal Analyses Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Evaluation of mixed skeletal Question Answer; Discussion; Demonstration
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Project Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Information on osteometric measurements on the skeleton Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Project Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Upper limbs Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Play Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Information on the observable pathological conditions on skeletons Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Information for evaluating and processing the data from human skeletons and the statistical analysis to be used Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Information for using the data and using them in reports Lecture; Problem Solving
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Practical work in the laboratory Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Practical work in the laboratory Lecture; Problem Solving; Discussion
Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week An overview Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Kaynaklar / References Brothwell, D. R. (1981) Digging up Bones, 3. Baskı, London: Oxford University Press. Burns, K. R. (1999) Forensic Anthropology Training Manual”, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Duyar, İ., Pelin, C. Ve Zağyapan, R. (2004), Adli Antropolojik Olgularda Boy Hesaplanması İçin Yeni Bir Yöntem, Adli Bilimler Dergisi, sf: 54, Cilt:3, Sayı:1, Mart. Grisbaum, G. A. ve Ubelaker, D. H. (2001) An Analysis of Forensic Anthropology Cases Submitted To The Smithsonian Institution By The Federal Bureau Of Investigation From 1962 to 1994, Smithsonian Contrıbutions to Anthropology, Numbers 45, Smithsonian Institution Pres., Washington, D.C. Hancı, H, İ. (2002), Adli Tıp ve Adli Bilimler, Seçkin Yayıncılık San. ve Tic. A.Ş., Ankara, 2002. Olivier, G., (1969), Practical Anthropology, Charles C. Thomas Publisher, Springfield, Illionis. Ortner, D.J. ve G.J. Putschar, (1985), Identification of Pathological Conditions in Human Skeletal Remains, Simithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC. Stewart T.D. (1979), Essentials of Forensic Anthropology, Especially as Developed in the United States, Springfield, Ill.: Thomas. Szilvassy, J. ve H. Kritscher, (1990), Estimation of Chronological Age in Man Based on the Spongy Structure of Long Bones, Anthrop. Anz., 48 (3): 289-298. Trotter, M. ve G.S. Gleser, (1952), Estimation of Stature From Long Bones of American of American Whites and and Negroes, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 10: 463-7514. Ubelaker, D.H. (2000), A History of Smithsonian–FBI Collaboration in Forensic Anthropology, Especially in Regard to Facial Imagery, Forensic Science Communications, Volume 2, Number4. Workshop of European Anthropologist, (1980), Recommandations for age and sex diagnoses of skeletons, Journal of Human Evolution, 9 (7): 518–549. Adams, B. J. (2007) Forensic Anthropology, Chelsa House. Bowers, C. M. (2004) Forensic Dental Evidence: An Investigator’s Handbook, Elsevier Academic Press,2004 Pickering, R. ve Bachman, D. (2009) The Use of Forensic Anthropology, CRC Press.

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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 1
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 2 1
Homework 3 5
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 2 5
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) 3 5
Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice , Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice) 3 5
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