Forensics: The Archaeology of Death and Crime Scenes (ARCS2003)
Course level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Humanities Arts Social Science
School
Social Science School
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Class hours
Lecture 2 Hours/ Week
Practical 1 Hour/ Week
Incompatible
CRIM2060 and BIOM2003
Prerequisite
4 units of undergrad courses
Assessment methods
In-class exam, Paper, Report
Course enquiries
Ms Jaime Swift (Semester 1), Mr Jason Kariwiga (Summer)
Current course offerings
Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
Summer Semester, 2023 (27/11/2023 - 10/02/2024) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2024 (19/02/2024 - 15/06/2024) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
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Course description
This course explores the place of archaeological techniques of search, recovery and analysis within a forensic (pertaining to the law) context. An introduction to human skeletal analysis, searching, trace evidence, DNA and forensic testing, the criminal justice system, and the archaeology of human death are provided. For ethical reasons this course is taught using high quality model human bones, rather than real human remains. For the information of students of Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, no ancestral remains will be handled in this course