Courses

The listing of a course description here does not guarantee a course’s being offered in a particular term. Please refer to the published schedule of classes on the MyBU Student Portal for confirmation a class is actually being taught and for specific course meeting dates and times.

• GMS CI 794: Clinical Research Practicum
  The goal of the practicum experience is to provide the student hands-on exposure to clinical research. The student will work with a research mentor and will be actively involved in the development, execution, and evaluation of a clinical research project or project(s). During the practicum, it is expected that the student will be exposed to: clinical research planning, protocol preparation, interaction with Institutional Review Boards, regulatory requirements, selection of subjects/consent process, data collection, study monitoring, and data analysis. These various activities will most likely require involvement in more than one research project. Variable 2-4 cr, Fall sem
• GMS CI 795: Clinical Research Practicum
  The goal of the practicum experience is to provide the student hands-on exposure to clinical research. The student will work with a research mentor and will be actively involved in the development, execution, and evaluation of a clinical research project or project(s). During the practicum, it is expected that the student will be exposed to: clinical research planning, protocol preparation, interaction with Institutional Review Boards, regulatory requirements, selection of subjects/consent process, data collection, study monitoring, and data analysis. These various activities will most likely require involvement in more than one research project. Variable 2-4 cr, Spring sem
• GMS CI 796: Professional & Scientific Writing
  The objective of this course in Professionalism & Scientific Writing is to provide students with knowledge and experience in professional standards and guidance in developing a research proposal and writing a Masters level publishable research paper. Topics will include scientific writing skills, professional communication, and guidance in writing a research proposal and paper. The primary aim of this course is to help students adjust from an informal or creative writing style to that required for scientific communication, presentations and publications.
• GMS CI 804: Capstone Research
  Students in the MSCR program are required to complete a capstone project that applies the principles and methods learned in the coursework to a real- life clinical study. The goal of the capstone project is to demonstrate the student's understanding of the clinical research process from both a theoretical and a practical point of view. The capstone project is not a literature review. var. 2-4 cr, Fall.
• GMS CI 805: Capstone Research
  Students in the MSCR program are required to complete a capstone project that applies the principles and methods learned in the coursework to a real- life clinical study. The goal of the capstone project is to demonstrate the student's understanding of the clinical research process from both a theoretical and a practical point of view. The capstone project is not a literature review. var. 2-4 cr, Spring.
• GMS FA 703: Zooarchaeology and Comparative Vertebrate Osteology
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - This course will provide students with an advanced basis for vertebrate zooarchaeological analysis including terminology, data gathering, data analysis, and practical identification skills for both whole and fragmentary vertebrate remains. These skills will be of direct use in archaeology, paleontology, and forensic anthropology. 4 cr, Fall & Spring sem.
• GMS FA 704: BIOARCH
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - This course description is currently under construction.
• GMS FA 705: Forensic Anthropology Techniques
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - This course will provide students with a detailed history of forensic anthropology, including pioneers in the field, bone growth and development, and an extensive knowledge of protocols, methods, and procedures used by forensic anthropologists, to include distinguishing osseous from non-osseous material, distinguishing human from non-human remains, and estimating the biological profile. Students will be provided hands on experience in casework and will prepare several forensic anthropology case. 3 cr, Fall sem.
• GMS FA 712: OSTEOLOGY
  This course description is currently under construction.
• GMS FA 713: Human Anatomy and Osteology
  This course is designed to provide the student with a review of osteology and an overview of basic human anatomy with an emphasis on structure and function of anatomical structures typically used by forensic anthropologists in the investigation of traumatic and sudden deaths. Students will learn in both a lecture and laboratory setting which will include viewing prosected human cadavers. At the completion of this course the student will be well versed in anatomical terminology and be familiar with the major muscle and organ systems in the human body.
• GMS FA 715: Forensic Pathology
  This lecture- based course will provide the student with an overview of the role of the medical examiner as it relates to death investigations. Specific lectures will cover autopsy procedures in the investigation of gunshot wounds, sharp and blunt trauma, drowning, asphyxia, child deaths, motor vehicle accidents and time since death determination. A general knowledge of anatomy is strongly suggested. 2 cr
• GMS FA 716: EXPERT WIT TEST
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - This course description is currently under construction.
• GMS FA 718: Special Topics in Forensic Anthropology: Outdoor Crime Scene
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - This course will provide students with an overview of physical evidence found at outdoor crime scenes of buried or scattered human remains. Focus will involve the recognition, documentation, and collection of physical evidence and the review of real cases in which human remains have been recovered and how physical evidence was used to help solve the crime. 3 cr, Fall & Spring sem.
• GMS FA 755: Directed Studies in Forensic Anthropology
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - Students will have the opportunity to develop a directed study in a specialized area of forensic anthropology or archaeology that is of particular interest. 4 cr, all sem.
• GMS FA 760: Research in Forensic Anthropology
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - This course is designed to facilitate the students' thesis research. Var cr, Fall sem.
• GMS FA 761: Research in Forensic Anthropology
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - This course is designed to facilitate the students' thesis research. Var cr, Spring sem.
• GMS FA 790: History, Method, and Theory in Biological Anthropology
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - This course will cover the theoretical and methodological principles of the major areas of biological anthropology. Initially focusing on the history of biological anthropology and evolutionary theory, the course will expand to cover skeletal biology, forensic anthropology, and contemporary human variation. The last section will address the philosophy of science and anthropology and practical issues such as presenting and publishing papers and preparing grant proposals. It is intended that this course provide students with a thorough understanding of the correlation between the developments of the discipline of biological anthropology, evolutionary theory, and the practice of forensic anthropology in the United States. 3 cr, Fall sem.
• GMS FA 800: Field Methods in Forensic Anthropology
  This course will provide students with a sound basis for archaeological methods applied to a variety of forensic settings. Students will learn core concepts from academic archaeology and how forensic archaeology differs from traditional methods. 3 cr
• GMS FA 802: Applied Forensic Anthropology
  Students will gain extensive experience in forensic anthropological casework, to include experience in generating analytical notes and report preparation. Students will be exposed to a variety of casework situations that forensic anthropologists encounter in medical examiner offices, international realms, government laboratories and field situations. 3 cr
• GMS FA 804: Experimental Design and Statistics for Forensic Anthropologists
  The goal of this course is to provide a working understanding of experimental design and statistical analyses that are appropriate for various types of anthropological based experiments and for the analysis of skeletal remains for unknown individuals. Significant emphasis will be placed on discussions of Bayes Theorem and the use of factor analysis in the development and use of the FORE Disc database used extensively by forensic anthropologists to determine sex, age, stature and ancestry of unidentified skeletal remains. 3 cr