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4.00 Credits
Three hours lecture; three hours laboratory. Prerequisites: ANSC 201, 210, and 320; or ANTH 120, 230, 320; permission of instructor. Offers advanced hands-on experience and training in the identification of unknown human skeletal remains. Students will conduct skeletal analyses focusing on basic vital statistical parameters like age, sex, race, and stature. Other topics reviewed will include the role of the forensic anthropologist in crime scene investigation and recovery of skeletonized human remains, determination of time since death, skeletal trauma and pathology, and special techniques in forensic anthropology.
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3.00 Credits
Three hours lecture. Prerequisites: ANSC 201, 302; or permission of instructor. This course is an introduction to the discipline of Bioarchaeology, the application of biological anthropology techniques to questions of an archaeological nature. Classes will be a combination of lecture, laboratory, seminar discussion, and student presentations.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Enrollment in the Honors Academy, completion of all other Honors Academy requirements, a minimum 3.5 cumulative GPA and in all anthropological sciences and anthropology courses or permission of instructor. Students conduct research and write a thesis for a bachelor¿s degree with honors in Anthropological Sciences. In order to receive honors credit, the student must receive a grade of ¿A¿ or ¿B¿ for the thesis. Course may not be repeated.
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6.00 Credits
Field course: 40 hours a week Prerequisites: ANSC 301 or ANTH 122 or permission of instructor. Emphasis on practical field experience in archaeology. Surveys and excavations are conducted on both prehistoric and historic sites and students learn the mapping, recording, and field artifact identification techniques that are the basis of archaeology. Summer. No more than 12 hours of credit from ANSC 493, ANSC 498, and ANSC 499 may be counted toward the 38 hours for the anthropological sciences major
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Meets one to four hours weekly. Prerequisite:ANSC 201 or permission of instructor. Reading and/or research focusing on specialized topics in the Anthropological Sciences. May be repeated for the major for a total of eight hours credit when topics differ. Only four hours may be applied to minor requirements.
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
See Independent Study on p. 63. No more than a total of twelve hours credit from ANSC 493, ANSC 498, and ANSC 499 may be counted toward the 38 hours for the anthropological sciences major. Offered as needed
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3.00 - 12.00 Credits
Prerequisites:Completion of 12 hours of Anthropologial Sciences and permission of program coordinator. Students must obtain approval from the Anthropological Sciences program director regarding the proposed program and agency¿this should occur in the semester preceding that in which the internship is anticipated. The course may carry 3 to 12 hours credit a semester and may be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours credit. No more than a total of 12 hours credit from ANSC 493, ANSC 498, and ANSC 499 may be counted toward the 38 hours for the anthropological sciences major. Offered as needed.
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3.00 Credits
Three hours lecture. The study of physical anthropology. The focus is on the origin, development and variation of humans from a biological and anthropological perspective, and includes considerations of the human skeleton, human variation and adaptation, human evolution, primates and primate paleontology. Students who have received credit for ANTH 220 may not receive credit for ANTH 120.
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3.00 Credits
Three hours lecture. An introduction to the methods archaeologists use to interpret the past lifeways of prehistoric and historic human cultures is the focus of this course. Case studies of past cultures are also discussed to provide current information on these cultures and to serve as examples of archaeological research. Students who have received credit for ANTH 222 may not receive credit for ANTH 122.
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3.00 Credits
Three hours lecture. Prerequisite: ANTH 120, or permission of instructor. Serves as an introduction to the fi eld of forensic anthropology, the identifi cation and analysis of human remains in a legal context. It includes a brief study of the major bones of the human body, their growth, development, variation, and initial treatment and examination. Through lectures, readings, and discussions, emphasis is placed on the major methods and techniques forensic anthropologists use to identify unknown human remains for law enforcement, including preliminary discussions of determination of age, sex, ancestry, and stature from the human skeleton. It also includes discussions of determination of time since death (or postmortem interval), manner of death, as well as differentiating antemortem, perimortem, and postmortem trauma. The role of the forensic anthropologist in mass disasters and human rights abuse cases is also considered.
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