Assignments:

Detailed descriptions. outlooks. and rating rubrics will be posted for each assignment and made available for pupils to download from chalkboard.

Late Assignment Policy:

Late assignments will non be accepted. Students will have a 0 for any assignment non turned in on clip. Hard transcripts of assignments are due at the beginning of category on the due day of the month ( except for labs. which are due at the terminal of the lab category ) . If you are sick and have a doctor’s note. you may e-mail the assignment to me prior to the category in which it is due.

Policies sing spiritual vacations and adjustments for spiritual activities from Section 3. 1 of the 2006-2007 Faculty Handbook:

Absent for Religious Vacations:

• The general tenor of the University’s policy sing adjustments for spiritual observations is that no pupil should endure academic punishment because of the observation of their religion. For illustration. pupils may wish to be excused from categories or scrutinies for spiritual grounds on Holy Days or on the Judaic Sabbath ( one-and a-half hours before sundown Friday to one-and-a-half hours after sunset on Saturday ) . or on Friday at 1:00 p. m. for Muslim community supplications. • Students have a duty to alarm members of the teaching staff in a timely manner to upcoming spiritual observations and awaited absences.

Every attempt should be made to avoid programming trials. scrutinies or other mandatory activities at these times. If mandatory activities are ineluctable. every sensible chance should be given to these pupils to do up work that they miss. peculiarly in classs affecting research lab work. When the programming of trials or scrutinies can non be avoided. pupils should be informed of the process to be followed to set up to compose at an alternate clip. • While the University’s policy makes no particular proviso for Holy Days of other religions. the same general consideration is understood to use: no pupils should be earnestly disadvantaged because of their spiritual beliefs.

Concluding Classs:

Final classs will be calculated harmonizing to the weights listed in the Grading Scheme. There will be no do up assignments or excess recognition assignments. The classs you earn on your assignments are the classs you will have. The dislocation of per centums into missive classs. GPA. and grade definitions is viewable here: hypertext transfer protocol: //www. artsandscience. utoronto. ca/ofr/calendar/rules. htm # rating

Student Engagement Policy:

Students are expected to make the needed readings before go toing lecture/lab. There will be no clip to read the text before get downing the lab. Each lab is based upon text and assigned stuffs. Lectures will NOT be posted on-line. It is the student’s duty to come to category and take notes. A press release naming tips on efficient note pickings is linked in the recommended reading subdivision. below. Students are encouraged to take advantage of workshops in note pickings and other survey accomplishments provided by The Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre. Student inquiries are encouraged during talk and lab.

Course Rationale:

This class provides pupils with theoretical cognition and practical accomplishments related to seeking for. documenting. and retrieving human remains and associated exhibits from out-of-door scenes. Crime scene protocols and the function of the forensic anthropologist during offense scene probes are emphasized. This class encourages pupils to develop their critical thought accomplishments and focal points on a brooding acquisition attack to make an experience-based acquisition chance.

Goals and Learning Aims

Goals:

? Introduce pupils to the chief techniques used in a forensic anthropological hunt. recovery. and analysis of human remains at out-of-door scenes
? Highlight the importance of coaction and teamwork in forensic scientific discipline ? Show pupils how to integrate the scientific method in offense scene analysis and Reconstruction
? Help pupils develop public speech production accomplishments and professionalism ? Emphasize the importance of moralss and safety in forensic anthropology and forensic scientific discipline
? Build critical thought and logical thinking accomplishments through an iterative procedure as new variables are introduced

Learning aims
By the terminal of the class:

? Students will hold the accomplishments to volunteer as members of a hunt squad in instances of found homo remains and losing individuals presumed dead ? Students will be able to verbally explicate their principle for following peculiar protocols ? Students will derive cognition and apprehension of the proper methods of treating a offense scene

Required Reading:
Gardner. R. 2005 or 2012. Practical Crime Scene Processing and Investigation. CRC Press.

Please see the category agenda for assigned readings for each talk.

Recommended Reading:
How non to plagiarise:
hypertext transfer protocol: //www. utoronto. ca/writing/plagsep. hypertext markup language )

Writing tips and survey accomplishments ( including note-taking. referencing. talk listening. trial composing ) : hypertext transfer protocol: //www. utm. utoronto. ca/asc/Students/tips. htm

E-Culture Policy:
Students should handle electronic mail as professional correspondence. utilizing a formal tone and phrasing inquiries clearly. E-mail without ANT306 in the capable line will non be answered. Students must utilize their UTOR electronic mail to guarantee that their messages get delivered and is non filtered out as Spam.

Blackboard will be used to inform pupils of of import course-related information. It is the student’s duty to look into the website on a regular basis.

Statement on Learning Technology:
Laptops are permitted in category for word processing merely. Due to the sensitive nature of the capable affair. the usage of voice recording equipments. digital picture taking and picture recording equipments is prohibited.

Classroom Behavior:

Disruptive behavior during talks ( e. g. cell phones pealing. chew the fating. text messaging. etc. ) is a show of discourtesy to the talker. every bit good as an academic offense ( see Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters ) . and as such. will non be tolerated. If person is being riotous. he/she will be asked to go forth. During the field constituent of the class we will follow briefing and debriefing protocols – pupils are expected to be cognizant when the individual in charge of briefing enters the room and should instantly give that single their undivided attending. Note pickings is permitted and expected.

What I expect from pupils:

Students are expected to get at lecture/lab prepared to work on their mock instances. In this context. prepared means holding read the assigned text edition chapter ; bring forthing and conveying relevant informations sheets. such as stock list signifiers ; etc. Forensic anthropology is a field necessitating attending to detail. professionalism. careful. and critical analysis. I expect pupils to convey these qualities to the field and the lab

What pupils can anticipate from me:

I will supply as complete. organized. and detailed an overview of the procedure of a forensic anthropological hunt and recovery. including offense scene protocols. as possible to give you the most realistic experience possible. I will do your wellness and safety a precedence. sketching the possible jeopardies one can meet at a offense scene. and turn toing the ethical issues associated with the digging and recovery of human remains in a medico-legal context. I will stress professionalism and aid you achieve a professional note taking manner. demeanour. and mode of public speech production. I will be available to discourse your class work and calling ends during office hours or by assignment. I want you to make your best and will back up you in your attempts to accomplish success.

Academic Integrity:
From the Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters:

It shall be an offense for a pupil wittingly:
( vitamin D ) to stand for as one’s ain any thought or look of an thought or work of another in any academic scrutiny or term trial or in connexion with any
other signifier of academic work. i. e. to perpetrate plagiarism.

Wherever in the Code an offense is described as depending on “knowing” . the offense shall similarly be deemed to hold been committed if the individual ought moderately to hold known.

The full policy can be found here: hypertext transfer protocol: //www. governingcouncil. utoronto. ca/policies/behaveac. htm

Plagiarism is considered an academic discourtesy and will be dealt with harmonizing to the Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters. Please be advised that while it is necessary and desirable to work in groups to finish the mock instance. bring forthing treatment and taking to extra acquisition chances. each pupil must compose his/her ain studies. Copying subdivisions from person else’s study ( with or without a few word alterations ) is considered plagiarism.

Drop Policy:
Nov 5. 2012 is the concluding twenty-four hours to drop this class from academic record and GPA. By this clip pupils will hold completed 45 % of their concluding class.

Academic Support:

Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre:
The Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre ( Room 390. Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre ) offers a scope of workshops. seminars and single audiences to assist pupils develop the academic accomplishments they need for success in their surveies. For more information on the Centre’s services and plans. travel to www. utm. utoronto. ca/asc or phone 905-828-3858.

AccessAbility Policy:
“Students with diverse demands are welcome in this class. although it is physically demanding. The UTM AccessAbility Resource Centre offers services to measure specific pupil demands. provide referrals. and arrange appropriate adjustments. Students with inquiries about disability/health adjustments are encouraged to reach their teacher and/or the AccessAbility Resource Centre when the class begins. The AccessAbility Resource Centre staff can be contacted by phone ( 905-569-4699 ) . electronic mail ( [ electronic mail protected ]) or in individual ( Room 2047. South Building ) . ”