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Southern
Institute of
Forensic
Science:
Course Description |
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Basic
Forensic Anthropology: (3
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A
required course designed to allow the student to study
human skeletal material and determine basic information from this
material. Topics include osteometry, the use of the Fordisc system,
establishing age, sex, race, statue and other individual characteristics.
Special lectures on recognition of trauma and common disease processes
in bone will also be provided. Laboratory exercises will allow student
groups to analyze forensic cases to reinforce lecture material.
Prerequisite: Basic Human Osteology or permission from the
instructor.
Credit:
Three (3) hours Graduate/Undergraduate Credit/Non-Credit
Instructor(s): TBA |
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Basic Forensic Anthropology for Law Enforcement and Death Investigators:
( 3 hours) |
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This Course is designed especially
for students, law enforcement, and death investigators. Topics include basic
techniques to determine the sex, age, ancestry, and stature of an individual
from skeletal remains. Other topics include lectures on bone trauma,
recovery techniques, and time since death. Instructors will also provide
case studies from their own experiences. Laboratories allow the students
hands-on experiences to reinforce lecture topics.
Credit:
Three (3) hours
Graduate/Undergraduate Credit/Non-Credit |
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Basic
Forensic Pathology for Law Enforcement and Death Investigators:(3
hours) |
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This course is designed to present the basic topics in forensic
pathology. These include manner, cause and mechanism of death, sharp force
trauma, blunt force trauma, gunshot wounds, child abuse, deaths from drug
abuse, motor vehicular deaths, sex-related deaths, and sudden-unexpected
deaths. Special lectures will provide training to aid the student in identifying
the effects of the environment (i.e. scavenging and insect activities,
and normal post mortem events) on human remains. Thus preventing man false
assumptions about the cause and manner of death. Students will attend
a series of forensic autopsies to observe the role of this procedure in
determining the cause, manner and mechanism of death.
Credit:
Three (3) hours Graduate/Undergraduate Credit/Non-Credit
Instructor(s): TBA
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Basic
Human Osteology: (3 hours) |
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This course is
designed
to provide students with an understanding of the anatomy and functional
mechanics of the human skeleton. lectures will be provided in bone histology,
skeletal development, muscle attachments, major osteological structures,
and articulations of the skeletal system. The course will emphasize skeletal
anatomy, bone variations and some commonly occurring bone anomalies and
pathologies. Special laboratory experiences will be scheduled to provide
the student with opportunities to examine materials covered during lectures.
Credit:
Three (3) hours Graduate/Undergraduate Credit/Non-Credit
Instructor(s): TBA
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Bloodstain Pattern Analysis in Violent Crime: (3 hours) |
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This five day intensive course
is a combination of lectures and laboratory experiences. It is designed so
that the registrant understands the physics of bloodstains and what forces
act on blood in forming bloodstains. At the completion of this course,
registrants should be able to determine the sequence of events that occurred
at a crime scene. Topics include angle of impact, directionality of impact,
velocity of impact, pattern transfer, and techniques for photography of
bloodstains.
Credit:
Three (3) hours Graduate (pending) / Undergraduate Credit/Non-Credit
Instructor(s): TBA: |
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Facial
Reconstruction: (3hours) |
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Techniques
of
Facial Reconstruction |
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A
combination of lectures and laboratory exercises to demonstrate
the techniques of facial reconstruction on a human skull. This technique
is used in the identification of unknown remains and in constructing
facial likeness of historical individuals. Special topics include
characteristics of facial anatomy, photographic superimposition
and age progression techniques.
Credit:
Three (3) hours Graduate/Undergraduate Credit/Non-Credit
Instructor(s): Roy Pascal
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Forensic
Entomology: (3 hours) |
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A
course designed to provide students with the basic concepts and an overview
of forensic entomology. Topics covered will include insect identification,
proper specimen sampling and collection of field data, and the importance
of collecting, preserving, and rearing immature forms of insects of forensic
interest. Field exercises using animal models will be used to reinforce
lecture topics. |
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Forensic
Photography and Crime Scene Documentation:
(3hours) |
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A
course designed to provide the student with the basic concepts of crime
scene photography and documentation. Special lectures will be given on
the use of Polaroid‘s, videotaping, copy stand photography, blood
stain documentation, tool mark analysis and court presentations. Staged
crime scenes will be used to support the concepts provided in lecture.
These scenes will be designed to allow the student to photograph and document
the difficult pieces of evidence such as blood spatter patterns. group
discussions and critiques will also allow participants to present their
assessments and scene evaluations to the class and instructors.
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Fragmentary
Human Osteology: (3 hours) |
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This course is
designed to provide students with a understanding of the characteristics
used in the identification of fragmented bones in infants and adults.
Laboratory experiences will provide students with the opportunity to examine
fragmentary bones from archeological and forensic cases. The fragments
demonstrate typical damage that occurs in these cases. This exercise will
allow the student to identify bone fragments found in both of these settings.
Prerequisite: Basic Human Osteology |
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Human
Remains: Search, Recovery, and Identification:
(3 hours) |
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This
course provides the student with a series of lectures and field
experiences on the various methods of the recovery of human skeletal
remains. lecture topics include recovery techniques, map reading,
scene documentation and basic forensic anthropology to aid in identification.
Forensic odontology, forensic radiology and other basic methods
of identification will also be presented. Field experiences on recovery
and documentation of surface scenes, grave scenes and fire scenes
will be provided to support principals discussed in the lecture.
Credit:
Three (3) hours Graduate/Undergraduate Credit/Non-Credit |
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Moot
Court:
(3 hours) |
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A
course designed to prepare the student for courtroom testimony. Prosecution
and defense attorneys will serve as instructors. Topics include examination
of expert witnesses, admissibility of evidence, maintaining a chain of
custody, use of notes and reports while on the witness stand, and courtroom
ethics and protocol. |
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Paleopathology: (3 hours) |
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This one-week intensive course is
designed for students with an interest in anthropology, pathology, and
archeology. Topics include tumors, infection, metabolic diseases, trauma,
and bone repairs. The pathology of populations of ancient Egypt, Native
America, Colonial America, and the American Civil War will be discussed.
Skeletal material will be available for students to examine and reinforce
lectures.
Credit:
Three (3) hours Graduate (pending) / Undergraduate Credit/Non-Credit
Instructor(s): TBA:
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Practical Applications in Forensic Anthropology:
(3 hours) |
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A
course designed to provide students with some of the advanced techniques
in forensic anthropology. Special topics include radiographic anatomy,
forensic odontology and other identification exercises, age determination
by various methods, metric and nonmetric determination of sex and race,
recognition and identification of fetal and infant bones, dental exclusion
exercises, and superimposition demonstrations. Special laboratory exercises
will provide students with "hands on experiences" to support
the material presented in lectures.
Prerequisite: Basic Forensic
Anthropology or permission from the instructor. |
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Research
Methods: (3 hours) |
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This course is
designed to provide students with an understanding of basic research methods
and statistic. Topics include literature searches, writing for publications,
style and format of research articles, and research project designs. As part
of this course students will be required to attend the annual meeting of the
American Academy of Forensic Science, attend a pre-determined number of
presentations, and submit a written critical review of the presentations and
the published abstracts. |
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Research
and Publication Option:
(3 hours) |
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A
course designed to allow students to develop independent research projects
or case studies. Students should select an appropriate advisor whose expertise
will enhance the proposed project. The culmination of the project is the
presentation of the work at a regional or national meeting and acceptance
for publication in a recognized professional journal. Research projects
are usually awarded 3 hours credit and case studies1 hours credit for
each case.
Students are limited to 3 case studies for credit.,
Offered on demand. |
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Understanding Bone Trauma and Bone Disease:
(3 hours) |
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A
course designed to provide an understanding of bone disease and bone trauma.
Topics covered include blunt trauma, sharp trauma, gunshot wounds, burn
patterns, infections, fractures, and tumor formation as seen in bone.
Laboratory exercises will be provided to allow students to examine examples
of bone trauma and bone disease discussed during during Ute lectures.
Prerequisite:
Basic Forensic Anthropology or permission from the instructor. |
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