Forensics: The Archaeology of Death & Crime Scenes (ARCS2003)
Information valid for Semester 1, 2023
Course level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Humanities Arts Social Science
School
Social Science School
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Attendance mode
In Person
Class hours
Lecture 2 Hours/ Week
Practical 2 Hours/ Week
Practical 7 Hours/ Ad Hoc
Incompatible
CRIM2060 and BIOM2003
Prerequisite
4 units of undergrad courses
Assessment methods
In-Class Mid-Semester Exam; Paper; Report
Course enquiries
Ms Jaime Swift (Semester 1, St Lucia, In person)
Mr Jason Kariwiga (Summer Semester, St Lucia, In person)
Study Abroad
This course is pre-approved for Study Abroad and Exchange students.
Current course offerings
| Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
| Summer Semester, 2024 (25/11/2024 - 08/02/2025) | St Lucia | In Person | Profile unavailable |
| Semester 1, 2025 (24/02/2025 - 21/06/2025) | St Lucia | In Person | Profile unavailable |
Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.
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, there will be no images of ancestral remains from Australia or the Torres Strait used in this course, and no ancestral remains will be handled in this course.
