Course summary
The Forensic Archaeology and Anthropology MSc at Cranfield Forensic Institute is taught by world-leading experts and involves a hands-on practical teaching style with interesting and thought-provoking lectures from our staff and guest speakers. You will have the opportunity at getting your hands dirty with practical archaeological excavations, looking at the science and exploring simulated mass grave sites and using a plethora of practical and theory based techniques to understand and analyse the world as we find it.
Modules
Compulsory modules: Analytical techniques; courtroom skills; forensic archaeology: mass grave excavation; forensic archaeology: recovering buried remains; fundamentals of forensic anthropology: osteology; further forensic anthropology: identification; investigation and evidence collection; reasoning for forensic science; research project. Elective modules: Fakes and forgeries; fires, explosions and their investigation; introduction to firearms investigations and forensic ballistics; mass fatality incidents; practical archaeological excavation; radiographic investigation in forensic science; trace evidence; forensic exploitation and intelligence; digital crime and investigation; counter improvised explosive devices capability; introductory studies.
Assessment method
By written and practical examinations, continuous assessment, project presentation and oral exam
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- Forensic Science Society
Qualified teacher status (QTS)
To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:
- Course does not award QTS
Entry requirements
1st or 2nd Class Honours degree or equivalent in archaeology, forensics or scientific discipline, or the professional equivalent. If you are an international student you will need to provide evidence that you have achieved a satisfactory test result in an English qualification. The minimum standard expected from a number of accepted courses are as follows: IELTS - 7; TOEFL - 100; Pearson PTE Academic - 68; Cambridge English Scale - 190; Cambridge English: Advanced – with a minimum of Grade A; Cambridge English: Proficiency – with a minimum of Grade B.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Additional fee information
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Provider information
Cranfield University
Cranfield
Bedford
MK43 0AL