SU504: Fundamentals of Biological Anthropology
Study Board of Science
Teaching language: Danish, Danish, but English if international students are enrolled
EKA: N800002112, N800002102
Assessment: Second examiner: None, Second examiner: Internal
Grading: Pass/Fail, 7-point grading scale
Offered in: Odense
Offered in: Autumn
Level: Bachelor
STADS ID (UVA): N800002101
ECTS value: 15
Date of Approval: 21-03-2024
Duration: 1 semester
Version: Approved - active
Comment
The course has a limitation of participants: Students where the course is compulsory for their academic regulations are guaranteed a placement on the course, irrespective of the number of participants. Any vacant places up to a maximum of the following criteria:
- Students on The bachelor's supplementary subject in biological anthropology have first priority.
- Students on other bachelor programmes that meet the entrance requirements will be assigned priority and places will be allocated after the date of registration.
Entry requirements
The student is enrolled in the Bachelor's degree programme within a relevant academic topic, e.g. archaeology, ethnography/social anthropology, history, biology, chemistry, medicine, biomechanics.
Academic preconditions
Participant limit
Course introduction
The purpose of the course is to give the student a broad theoretical and practical knowledge of the human skeleton, and thus gain a basis for working with biological anthropological issues – both in connection with routine tasks and with independent educational projects.
Expected learning outcome
After completing the course, the student is expected to be able to:
- Identify all bone of the human skeleton.
- Identify all teeth of the human dentition.
- Know all the stages of skeletal development from ossification over growth and maturation to degeneration.
- Integrate this knowledge so that they can determine the age at death for people of all ages.
- Age-determine adult skeletons.
- Distinguish between male and female characteristics of the skeleton.
- Integrate knowledge of the normal skeleton so that they can identify the most common forms of bone pathological changes, and thus distinguishing pathological and taphonomic changes from normal bone.
- Distinguish between human bones and bones of other mammals.
- Can collect sex and age related data from the skeleton and make descriptive and simple statistical analyses of data.
Content
- The human skeleton
- Bone formation and development
- Dentition: Formation, development and diseases
- Determination of the age at death
- Determination of sex
- Bone identification
- Bone pathology
- Practical skeletal analysis
- Bone measurement
- Evolution
- Danish population history
- Osteological epistemology
- Basic statistics
Literature
Examination regulations
Prerequisites for participating in the exam a)
Timing
Autumn
Tests
Participation in bone knowledge lessons
EKA
N800002112
Assessment
Second examiner: None
Grading
Pass/Fail
Identification
Full name and SDU username
Language
Normally, the same as teaching language
Examination aids
To be announced during the course.
ECTS value
0
Additional information
The prerequisitie exam consists of the followin elements:
Participation in the 30 hours of bone knowledge lessons. is mandatory, a maximum of 10% absence.
A written report with a statistical analysis of data from bones.
Participation in the 60 ours of bone exercises is mandatory, a maximum of 10% absence.
The prerequisite examination is a prerequisite for participation in exam element a).
Participation in the 30 hours of bone knowledge lessons. is mandatory, a maximum of 10% absence.
A written report with a statistical analysis of data from bones.
Participation in the 60 ours of bone exercises is mandatory, a maximum of 10% absence.
The prerequisite examination is a prerequisite for participation in exam element a).
Exam element a)
Timing
December
Prerequisites
| Type | Prerequisite name | Prerequisite course |
|---|---|---|
| Examination part | Prerequisites for participating in the exam a) | N800002101, SU504: Fundamentals of Biological Anthropology |
Tests
Oral examination
EKA
N800002102
Assessment
Second examiner: Internal
Grading
7-point grading scale
Identification
Student Identification Card
Language
Normally, the same as teaching language
Duration
App. 25 min, 3 hours preparation.
Examination aids
To be announced during the course
ECTS value
15
Indicative number of lessons
Teaching Method
The teaching is organized according to the three-phase model, i.e. intro, training and study phase.
- Intro phase (lecture, class lessons) consists of: 18 hours of biological anthropological lectures and 12 hours of statistics lectures.
- The training phase consists of: 60 hours of bone exercises, 18 hours of statistical exercises.
- The study phase consists of: 30 hours of practical bone handling, which includes assembling of skeletons, registration and possibly photography of bones and skeletons, packing, washing, cleaning and other relevant bone-related work.
The theoretical and practical side of the course is closely integrated.
The practical bone handling are not scheduled, but 3 hours of study per week should be expected in a 10 week period. The bone knowledge classes take place in ADBOU's laboratories.
Teacher responsible
Additional teachers
| Name | Department | City | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hans Chr. Petersen | hcpetersen@sdu.dk | Data Science | |
| Svenja Weise | sweise@health.sdu.dk | Retsmedicinsk Institut (00) |
Student teachers
Timetable
Administrative Unit
Team at Educational Law & Registration
Offered in
Recommended course of study
Transition rules
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