SYLLABUS

Dr. Lord Office: 5-146 Phone: 869-3579 Hours: TBA E-mail: dglord@csupomona.edu

Texts

Introduction to Forensic Anthropology (2nd ed.) By Steven N. Byers The Forensic Science of C. S. I. By Katherine Ramsland

Week I - Introduction - Historical Background - Foundations
Read: Byers, Chapters 1, 2, 3, & 19 -- Instructional Support: William Bass (vhs), Ancestry, Aging & Sexing of Skeletal Remains

Week II - Recovery Scene Methods
Read: Byers , Chapters 4, 5, & 6; Ramsland, Chapters 1, 2, & 4 -- Instructional Support : William Bass (vhs), Fire Scene Investigation --

Week III - Attribution of Ancestry and Sex
Read: Byers, Chapters 7 & 8; Ramsland, Chapter 3 -- Instructional Support: The Skeleton's of Spitalfields (vhs)

Week IV -- Estimating Age at Death - Calculation of Stature
Read: Byers, Chapters 9 & 10 -- Instructional Support: The Skeleton's of Spitalfields (vhs)

Week V - Trauma, Part I
Read: Byers, Chapters 11 & 12 --Instructional Support: In Search of the Disappeared (vhs)

Week VI - Trauma, Part II
Read: Byers, Chapters 13 & 14 -- Instructional Support: Wanted, Butch and Sundance (vhs)

Week VII - Antemortem Skeletal Conditions & Postmortem Changes to Bone
Read: Byers, Chapters 15 & 16; Ramsland, Chapter 5 -- Instructional Support: The Ice Man (vhs)

Week VIII - Additional Aspects of Individualtization & Identification Using Antemortem Records
Read: Byers, Chapters 17 & 18 -- Instructional Support: TBA

Week IX - Psycho-Social Dimensions of Forensic Science
Read: Ramsland, 7 thought 11 -- Instructional Support: Custers Last Trooper (vhs)

Week X - Presentations/Demonstrations
Reading assignement: TBA; Instructional Support: TBA

Attendance Policy: If you miss more than four classes without documentation that it is a University recognized absence you will receive a failing grade. Two tardy arrivals will count as one unexcused absence.
Make-up Policy: a make-up must be pre-arranged, and for University recognized reasons.

Course Evaluation

10-12 page term paper - 100 points Take-home midterm and final - 200 points Quizzes - 150 points

The grading scale is calculated off the top points scored in class:
92.5%-100% = A
82.5%-92.4% = B
72.5%-81.4% = C
62.5%-71.5%% = D
62.4% & below= F

You do not have a letter grade at any time during the course,
you only have accumulated points.
Letter grades are awarded at the end of the course.

Final Exam - Thursday, Dec 8th- 9:10 a.m. to 11:10 a.m.

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