MSc Forensic Anthropology
Course Overview
This MSc in Forensic Anthropology provides the advanced scientific training required to analyze and interpret human skeletal remains for both legal and humanitarian purposes. You will develop the practical skills necessary to work on real-world cases, from excavation and analysis to presenting expert testimony in court. The course is taught by active forensic practitioners, ensuring your education is grounded in current professional standards and methodologies.
Key Program Highlights
- Learn from expert staff who are active forensic practitioners in the field
- Gain hands-on experience with unique skeletal collections, including the renowned Scheuer juvenile collection
- Master the skills to produce and present formal expert witness reports for legal proceedings
- Develop specialized knowledge in search techniques or skeletal development
- Open doors to careers in forensic science, law enforcement, academia, and museum curation
Course Overview
This MSc in Forensic Anthropology provides the advanced scientific training required to analyze and interpret human skeletal remains for both legal and humanitarian purposes. You will develop the practical skills necessary to work on real-world cases, from excavation and analysis to presenting expert testimony in court. The course is taught by active forensic practitioners, ensuring your education is grounded in current professional standards and methodologies.
Key Program Highlights
- Learn from expert staff who are active forensic practitioners in the field
- Gain hands-on experience with unique skeletal collections, including the renowned Scheuer juvenile collection
- Master the skills to produce and present formal expert witness reports for legal proceedings
- Develop specialized knowledge in search techniques or skeletal development
- Open doors to careers in forensic science, law enforcement, academia, and museum curation
Requirements
Modules
- Disaster Victim Identification (Online)
- Forensic Reporting
- Taphonomy, Trauma and Skeletal Biomechanics
- Human Osteology
- Developmental Juvenile Osteology
- Forensic Archaeology: Principles and Theory
- Forensic Human Identification
- Forensic Science and the Law
- Biological Anthropology
- CAHID MSc Research Project Dissertation
