{"id":25087,"date":"2012-12-13T10:18:25","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T15:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/?page_id=25087"},"modified":"2024-03-12T12:41:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T16:41:15","slug":"forensic-anthropology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/forensic-anthropology\/","title":{"rendered":"MS in Forensic Anthropology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bu-slideshow-container fa-outdoor-facility autoplay\" id=\"bu-slideshow-container-69708\" data-slideshow-name=\"fa-outdoor-facility\" data-slideshow-delay=\"5000\" style=\"width: auto; \"><div class='slideshow-loader active'><div class='loader-animation'><\/div><p>loading slideshow...<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-slides\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow transition-slide\" id=\"bu-slideshow-69708\"><li id=\"bu-slideshow-69708_0\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/gms\/files\/2025\/04\/FA-2025-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" 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https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/files\/2021\/01\/time-icon-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/files\/2021\/01\/time-icon-550x550.png 550w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/files\/2021\/01\/time-icon-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/files\/2021\/01\/time-icon-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 25px) 100vw, 25px\" \/><\/h5>\n<h5>2 years<\/h5>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/gms\/files\/2021\/01\/2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"25\" height=\"20\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-77215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/files\/2021\/01\/2.png 538w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/files\/2021\/01\/2-496x413.png 496w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/files\/2021\/01\/2-400x308.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 25px) 100vw, 25px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h5>full-time | in-person<\/h5>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/gms\/files\/2021\/01\/location2-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"23\" height=\"31\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-77216\" \/><\/h4>\n<h5>boston university medical campus<\/h5>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Program Overview<\/h4>\n<p>This full-time forensic anthropology program offers students a unique opportunity to apply the principles of anthropology, anatomy and osteology to establish biological profiles, excavation of remains, criminal case work and other scenarios with unidentified remains.<\/p>\n<p>Through our comprehensive curriculum and research requirements, students\u00a0receive extensive training in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Osteology<\/li>\n<li>Forensic anthropological techniques and procedures<\/li>\n<li>Forensic anthropology field methods<\/li>\n<li>Biological anthropology theory<\/li>\n<li>Taphonomy<\/li>\n<li>Human anatomy<\/li>\n<li>Crime scene investigation<\/li>\n<li>Methods of human identification<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Mission Statement<\/h4>\n<p>The mission of the Forensic Anthropology Program is to provide\u00a0an in-depth and innovative education to all students that includes a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary and extensive curriculum.\u00a0\u00a0We promote professionalism, leadership, and service in our students.<\/p>\n<h4>Research<\/h4>\n<p>Our\u00a0program is one of the\u00a0only graduate forensic anthropology programs in the United States that is part of a department of anatomy at a major medical center. This setting provides students and faculty access to extensive resources and facilities, including our outdoor research facility and human gross anatomy laboratory.<\/p>\n<p>Classes are lecture and laboratory based with hands-on experience with various skeletal samples. <em>Students complete a graduate level research project that culminates into a full-length thesis or a completed manuscript for submission<\/em>. Numerous research opportunities are available to students including access to our outdoor research facility, collaboration with the department of radiology, access to skeletal collections at Boston University School of Medicine and other institutions, universities and museums<strong> <\/strong>and the availability of of anatomical sciences laboratory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Boston University Medical Center<\/strong> contains:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>state of the art lecture halls<\/li>\n<li>seminar rooms<\/li>\n<li>sophisticated computerized teaching labs<\/li>\n<li>Boston\u2019s largest biomedical research park<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks to\u00a0our close affiliation with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/bmfs\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MS in Biomedical Forensic Sciences<\/a>, students have the opportunity to pursue training in multiple areas of forensic sciences.<\/p>\n<h4>Graduate Outcomes<\/h4>\n<p>Graduates will be qualified to continue their graduate education in a doctoral program and\/or to be employed in the field of forensic anthropology.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/gms\/files\/2012\/12\/ForensicAnthropology-1.png\" alt=\"Forensic Anthropology logo with puzzle piece skull\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-56815 size-full\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 years full-time | in-person boston university medical campus Program Overview This full-time forensic anthropology program offers students a unique opportunity to apply the principles of anthropology, anatomy and osteology to establish biological profiles, excavation of remains, criminal case work and other scenarios with unidentified remains. 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