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Course code: BBS20195f12Semester: 2012/2013 summer
Name: Biological basis of forensic
Major: Biology
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 0
ECTS points: 2
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 10 / 20 / 0
Lecturer: dr Dariusz Nowakowski
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Knowledge: Student: W1 – has knowledge that allows for performing and interpreting selected forensic testing [KB2_W01, KB2_W03]; W2 - has knowledge of the construction of biological structures (and their changes) required for the analysis of forensic [KB2_W04, KB2_W01_BC]; W3 - knows the methodology of anthropological research in restoring favorable course design based on analysis of individual descriptors and bone remains, understand taphonomic processes [KB2_W06_BC, KB2_W07_BC]. Skills: Student: U1 - plans and analyzes forensic [KB_U01, KB2_U04, KB2_U03_BC]; U2 - is able to interact with other disciplines [KB2_U04_BC].
Competences: Social competence (attitudes): Student: K1 - is aware of the effects of work in a team [KB2_K02]; K2 - plans research tasks and determine their priority [KB2_K03, KB2_K05]; K3 - proceed in accordance with the principles of work and the ethical and legal [KB2_K06, KB2_K07].
Prerequisites: Human anatomy, Basic of anthropology, Zoology
Course content: Research in the laboratory and forensic laboratories (including tests performed by the Central Forensic Laboratory of Police, and some research institutions outside the Ministry of Internal Affairs) using biological knowledge with particular reference to the wider anthropology and biology.
Recommended literature: 1. Gunn A., Essential Forensic Biology, Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication, 2009 2. Facklam H., Forensic anthropology: The growing science of talking bones, Facts On File, Inc., 2003 3. Horoszowski P. Kryminalistyka, PWN, Warszawa 4. Klepinger L., Fundamentals of forensic anthropology, Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication, 2006
Assessment methods: Exercise: Written paper (in the form of the report) after every practice topic; test written test. Final rating is an average sum of all of scores, the evaluation of the exercise and all evaluations of the test.
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