Overview
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Offerings
MURDOCH-S1-FACE2FACE-2025-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S1-MIXEDMODE-2025-ONGOING
Requisites
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Enrolment rules
Highly recommended: BMS101 Introduction to the Human Body or ANS102 Introduction to the Animal Body.
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Learning activities
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Learning outcomes
1.
Communicate in detail the structure and function of the human skeletal and some organ systems relevant to forensic and anthropological studies.
2.
Describe and apply the methodology involved in determining sex, age at death, ancestry and stature and the recognition of some individual human characteristics.
3.
Recognise examples of trauma to the skeleton and demonstrate how timing of trauma or pathologies can be deduced to establish forensic context.
4.
Describe and discuss the processes of decomposition and taphonomy and how they relate to forensic and anthropological analysis.
5.
Apply research skills, including interpretation of scientific publications, an appreciation for the role of peer review in science, and presentation of scientific information.
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Additional information
Unit content:The broad aims of this unit are:
To introduce theoretical issues related to the study of forensic anatomy and anthropology
To develop theoretical knowledge of anatomical principles in the context of forensic anatomy and anthropological science
To develop practical skills related to forensic anatomy and anthropology
To provide an opportunity to develop practical research skills