Postgraduate Course: Skeletal Pathology (PGHC11231)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Numerous pathological conditions, especially chronic, long lasting disease, affect the human skeleton. Fundamental to the study of skeletal pathology is the understanding of how disease affects the body, as well as the skeleton. Disease processes, the main types of diseases affecting the skeleton, the identification, description and recording of pathological lesions, the recognition of pseudopathological traits caused by taphonomic agents, as well as the inherent limitations of assessing health and disease from skeletal remains, will be covered. |
| Course description |
This course aims to provide a broad introduction to the study of human skeletal pathology and takes the form of lectures and related practical sessions. The curriculum covers general principles of skeletal change in response to disease processes, followed by weekly lectures and practical sessions on a different classification of disease and/or skeletal change, including infectious, dental, metabolic and miscellaneous diseases, as well as trauma, activity markers and the analysis of mummified remains. Coursework takes the form of the analysis and skeletal report on the remains of one of the individuals from the medieval archaeological assemblages held by the School of History, Classics and Archaeology.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | Students MUST NOT also be taking
Palaeopathology Human and Animal Disease (PGHC11132)
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Other requirements | This course is available to students on the Human Osteoarchaeology (MSc) only.
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 24,
External Visit Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
170 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
The course is assessed by means of an osteological examination and report on an articulated skeleton. As well as providing a basic skeletal report, the student will be expected to identify, describe, discuss, and possibly, diagnose any pathological lesions present.
There is no word limit for the skeletal report. |
| Feedback |
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate by the production of a skeletal report a detailed and critical command of the body of knowledge concerning the identification, description and possible diagnosis of skeletal pathology
- Demonstrate in a skeletal report an ability to analyse and reflect critically upon relevant scholarship concerning human skeletal pathology, primary source materials concerning the description and nature of skeletal manifestations of disease
- Demonstrate in a skeletal report originality and independence of mind and initiative; intellectual integrity and maturity; an ability to evaluate the work of others, including peers; and a considerable degree of autonomy
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Reading List
Aufderheide, A.C. & Rodríguez-Martin, C. 1998. The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Human Palaeopathology. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge
Burt, N.M. 2013. Identification and interpretation of joint disease in paleopathology and forensic anthropology. Springfield, Illnois, U.S.A. : Charles C. Thomas
Galloway, A. (ed.), 1999. Broken Bones: Anthropological Analysis of Blunt Force Trauma. Charles C Thomas. Springfield, Illinois
Ortner, D.J. 2003. Identification of Pathological Conditions in Human Skeletal Remains. Second Edition. Academic Press. San Diego
Roberts, C. & Manchester, K. 2005. The Archaeology of Disease, Third Edition. Alan Sutton Publishing. Stroud
Waldron, T. 2009. Palaeopathology. Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology. Cambridge University Press |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | SkeletalPath Skeletal Pathology |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Kathleen Mcsweeney
Tel: (0131 6)50 2373
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Lindsay Scott
Tel: (0131 6)50 9948
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