Forensic Anthropology

About This Major

A program that focuses on the application of the biological sciences and skeletal anthropology in medicolegal death investigations. Includes instruction in biological anthropology theory, crime scene investigation, forensic anthropology field methods, forensic anthropological techniques and procedures, human anatomy, methods of human identification, mortuary archaeology, osteology, and taphonomy.

Related CIP Codes

  • 43.0406
  • Forensic Science and Technology

At a Glance

CIP Code
45.0205
CIP Family
45

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