Postgraduate Course: Forensic Taphonomy (FREN11051)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Molecular and Clinical Medicine |
College |
College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Forensic Medicine and Science |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
http://www.forensicmedicine.mvm.ed.ac.uk/online_courses.html
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
The course aims to educate students in the peri- and postmortem processes which affect the preservation, observation or recovery of human remains and their associated evidence, the reconstruction of the deceased's biology or the circumstances of death, in a forensic context. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Flexible, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
The student will be expected to spend approximately 10 hours per week reading the course materials and additional/supplementary online and published resources; participating in online discussions and submitting required assignments. |
| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this course the candidate should
- know a range of factors that can determine the survival of human remains and their associated evidence.
- understand different types of taphonomic data and evidence and how it is identified, collected and preserved.
- understand a range of taphonomic processes and their attributes which may aid partitioning of perimortem and postmortem change.
- be able to recognise different preservational environments and biogeographic contexts and explain how these may determine the taphonomic history of forensic evidence.
- be able to explain how archaeology can reveal crime scene formation processes and differentiate complex post-depositional effects.
- be able to evaluate the significance of environmental reconstruction from taphonomic indicators and explain how this can provide evidence of change to the environment of the forensic context.
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Assessment Information
Weekly assignments (10 x 3-500 words) or essay (3-5,000 words) (70%)
Participation in weekly online discussion forum and submission of electronic assignments and activities (30%)
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Special Arrangements
| Registered students will access this course using their EASE username and password. In addition to the course materials and resources provided on WebCT, candidates will be expected to use internet and published resources during self directed study and research. |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords |
Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Alex Graham
Tel: (0131 6)50 2979
Email: Alex.Graham@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Angela Penman
Tel: (0131 6)51 5301
Email: A.Penman@ed.ac.uk |
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