Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
FORENSIC OSTEOLOGY ANT5602018 2 + 1 3.0 7.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
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Goals To be able to recognize the relationship of osteology in forensic sciences identification studies.
Course Content Identification of human skeletons
Learning Outcomes 1) Distinguishes Human and Animal Bones
2) Conducts Skeletal Studies in Multiple Graves
3) Estimates Age from Skeleton
4) Determines Gender from Skeleton

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Relationship between osteology and forensic sciences Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week The distinction between human and animal bones Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Cranium Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Cranium Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week thoraxss Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week pelviss Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week upper limbs Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week lower limbs Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week hand and foot bones Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week pathology, anomaly and variation on skeleton Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Age determination from skeleton Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Age determination from skeleton Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week sex determination from skeleton Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week sex determination from skeleton Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Bass, W.M. (1987), Human Osteology: A Laboratory and Field Manual, Colombia: Special Publication No:2 Missouri Archaeological Society. 
belaker, D. H. (1978) Human Skeletal Remains: Excavation, Analysis, Interpretation, Chicago: Smithsonian Institution, Aldire Publishering Company.
Ubelaker, D. H. (1996) Skeletons Testify: Anthropology in Forensic Science, AAPA Luncheon Address: April 12, 1996. Yearbook of Physical Anthropology, 39: 229–244.
W., Montgomery, J. Ve Henryson, G. (1994), Atlas of the Human Skull, Texas.
White, D.T. (1991), Human Osteology, U.S.A: Academic Press. 
Wonderman, M. W. (1950) Atlas of Human Anatomy, Toronto,Sampson

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 3
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 8 5
Homework 2 14
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 1 8
Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time) 5 10
Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice , Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice) 10 5
Total Workload
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  • Weekly Topics (Content)
  • Sources Used in This Course
  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload