Schedule

Week	Dates	Topics (with links to online materials where applicable)	Chapters (M=Maples; B=Burns)
1	R 8/25	UNIT I: FOUNDATIONS Course Introduction Defining Forensic Anthropology Independent Study: Learning Bones I	M: 1 B: 1, 2 (pp. 12-22)
2	T 8/30 R 9/1	Role of the Forensic Anthropologist in the Forensic Sciences Independent Study: Learning Bones II	M: 2 B: 6&7, 9&10 (learning bones of the arms, legs, hands, feet: locations and articulations only)
3	T 9/6 R 9/8	History of Forensic Anthropology in the US Search and Recovery of Remains Independent Study: Learning Bones III	M: 3 B: 14 (pp. 236-255) B: 4, 5, 8 (learning bones: clavicle, scapula, ribs, sternum, vertebrae, pelvis)
4	T 9/13 R 9/15	Search and Recovery of Remains (continued) Postmortem Changes and Time Since Death Independent Study: Learning Bones IV	M: 4 B: 11 (pp. 162-182) B: 3 (skull and dentition: names of major bones, articulations, sutures)
5	T 9/20 R 9/22	Postmortem Changes and Time Since Death (continued) and Preparing for Test 1 TEST 1: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22	Review
6	T 9/27 R 9/29	UNIT II: METHODS OF ANALYSIS (A) Laboratory Preparation and Analysis	M: 5 B: 13 (pp. 193-199; 225-227 (human ID at the bottom of p. 225, and levels of certainty in identification, p. 226-top of p. 227)
7	T 10/4 R 10/6	Determining Sex	M: 6 B: 15; and pp. 44-46 (skull), 96 (humerus), 100 (radius), 113 (hand), 121-122 (hip), 132 (femur), 138 (tibia), 202, 224
8	T 10/11 R 10/13	Fall Break: Class does not meet Estimating Ancestry	B: pp. 47, 132, 168, 203, 225
9	T 10/18 R 10/20	Estimating Ancestry (continued) and Preparing for Test 2 TEST 2: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20	Review
10	T 10/25 R 10/27	UNIT II: METHODS OF ANALYSIS (B) Estimating Age at Death Online Readings: (1) Computerized age estimation (2) Age estimation via Cranial Suture Closure using CT Scan	B: pp. 44, 73-74, 87-89, 123-126, 173, 200-201, 224
11	T 11/1 R 11/3	Estimating Stature: Online lecture (class does not meet) Identification through Facial Characteristics	M: 7 B: 13 (pp. 204-208, 228)
12	T 11/8 R 11/10	Identification through Facial Characteristics (continued) and Preparing for Test 3 TEST 3: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10	M: 8-9 B: 12 Review
13	T 11/15 R 11/17	UNIT III: Trauma Analysis; & Cases Beyond Homicide in the US Trauma Analysis	M: 10-13
14	T 11/22 R 11/24	Trauma Analysis Thanksgiving Holiday: Class does not meet
15	T 11/29 R 12/1	Other Pathologies Historic Cases	M: 14-16 B: Pathology--13 (pp. 208-225); 11 (pp. 177-182)
17	T 12/6	Crimes Against Humanity--Cases of Human Rights Violations, Mass Disaster Cases and Preparing for Test 4 (final exam)	B: 16 Review
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 9-11 AM: TEST 4 (NON-CUMULATIVE FINAL) Please note: This is the ONLY day and time to take this exam.