Basic Human Osteology: (3 hours)
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.

Fragmentary Human Osteology: (3 hours)
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

Basic Forensic Anthropology: (3 hours)
This course is 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 o reinforce lecture material.
Prerequisite: Basic Human Osteology or permission from the instructor.

Basic Forensic Pathology for Law Enforcement and Death Investigators:
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.

Practical Applications in Forensic Anthropology: (3 hours)
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 o 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.

Understanding Bone Trauma and Bone Disease: (3 hours)
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.

Human Remains: Search, Recovery, and Identification: (3 hours)
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.

Forensic Entomology: (3 hours)
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.

Facial Reconstruction: (3hours)
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.

Forensic Photography and Crime Scene Documentation: (3hours)
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.

Moot Court: (3 hours)
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.

Research Methods: (3 hours)
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.

Research and Publication Option: (3 hours)
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.