ADB611 - PERIMORTEM and POSTMORTEM CONDITIONS FROM SKELETON
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PERIMORTEM and POSTMORTEM CONDITIONS FROM SKELETON | ADB611 | Any Semester/Year | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| Prequisites | None | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Question and Answer Observation Drill and Practice | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Prof. Dr. Yılmaz Selim Erdal | |||||
| Course objective | Identification of the forensic conditions. Identification of the causes and reasons of the death. Traumas related to pointed, blunt forced, edged and projectile weapons. Decomposition of the body, burned human remains. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | The course content has the knowlodge of the identification of the forensic cases, traumas related the death of the person, identification and peculiar aspects of burned human remains. | |||||
| References | 1. Introduction to Forensic Anthropology. Byers S.N. 2002. Boston Allyn and Bacon. 2. Forensic Anthropology. El-Najjar MY ve McWilliams K.R. 1978. Springfield: Chrales C. Thomas. 3. Bodies of Evidence. Grauer A.L. 1995. New York: Wiley. 4. The Analysis of Burned Human Remains. Schmidt C.W. Symes S.A. 2008. Amsterdam: Elsevier. 5. Advances in Forensic Taphonomy: Method, Theory and Archaeological Perspectives. Haglund W.D ve Sorg M.H. 2001. Boca Raton: CRC Pres. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Identification of forensic condition of the skeleton (T) Identification of forensic condition of the skeleton (P) |
| Week 2 | Differences between man and animal bones (T) Differences between man and animal bones (P) |
| Week 3 | Diagnosis of old and forensic bone (T) Diagnosis of old and forensic bone (P) |
| Week 4 | Causes of death (T) Causes of death (P) |
| Week 5 | Trauma related to edged weapons (T) Trauma related to edged weapons (P) |
| Week 6 | Trauma related to pointed weapons (T) Trauma related to pointed weapons (P) |
| Week 7 | Trauma related to blunt foreced weapons (T) Trauma related to blunt foreced weapons (P) |
| Week 8 | Trauma related to projectile weapons (T) Trauma related to projectile weapons (P) |
| Week 9 | Midterm exam |
| Week 10 | Burned or burnt bones (T) Burned or burnt bones (P) |
| Week 11 | Sex and age determination on burnt bones (T) Sex and age determination on burnt bones (P) |
| Week 12 | Postmortem alterations on bones (T) Postmortem alterations on bones (P) |
| Week 13 | Term project (T) Presentation (P) |
| Week 14 | Term project (T) Presentation (P) |
| Week 15 | Preperation for final exam |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 1 | 20 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 30 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Laboratory | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 10 | 140 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 16 | 16 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total Workload | 44 | 52 | 260 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Improves knowledge in proficiency level based on the undergraduate level in biology or different disciplines and analyses by using the statistic methods and interprets them. | X | ||||
| 2. Uses theoretical and practical knowledge obtained from his/her field in proficiency level | X | ||||
| 3. Interprets the knowledge that obtained from his/her field with integrating the acquired knowledge from the other disciplines and comprises new knowledge. | X | ||||
| 4. Sorts out the encountered problems on his/her field by using the investigation methods. | X | ||||
| 5. Conducts a study which requires specialization in his/her field independently | X | ||||
| 6. Improves new strategies to solve encountered and unpredictable complex problems in his/her field by taking responsibility | X | ||||
| 7. Evaluates the proficiency level knowledge and skills in his/her field in a critical approach and processes his/her learning. | |||||
| 8. Uses informatics and communication technologies with the computer software required in his/her field | X | ||||
| 9. Has the ability of minding social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the levels of collecting, interpreting, applying and announcing the data in his/her field. | X | ||||
| 10. Evaluates the important people, events and cases by minding the results, which take in part in the improvement of his/her field. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest