Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
TEEX-0296
Organization's ID:
FSA109
Organization:
Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
5 days (40 hours)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 forensics
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to educate law enforcement and non-commissioned personnel to crime scene investigation. Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to participate in locating, documenting, and recovering human skeletal remains.

Learning Outcomes:

  • relate the types of evidence and/or information that can be gleaned from skeletal remains
  • discuss the various bones of the human skeleton and determine whether remains are human or animal in origin
  • describe how the forensic anthropologist derives a biological profile from skeletal remains
  • discuss the various techniques employed in locating a burial or surface scatter site
  • discuss the recovery of outdoor scattered and buried human remains
  • explain the stages and taphonomic agents of human decomposition
  • explain the process for documenting a death scene using scientific photography and mapping methods and practice using total station and Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment to collect points
  • demonstrate the ability to locate and properly document scattered surface and buried human skeletal remains

General Topics:

  • Basics of forensic anthropology
  • Human osteology
  • Biological profile
  • Site identification
  • Recovery of scattered surface and buried remains
  • Decomposition and taphonomy
  • Photography and mapping
  • Mass disaster
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Classroom Exercise
  • Discussion
  • Lectures
  • Practical Exercises

Methods of Assessment:

  • Case Studies
  • Examinations
  • Performance Rubrics (Checklists)

Minimum Passing Score:

70%
Supplemental Materials