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**Until staffing issues can be resolved, no new Forensic ANTH minors will be accepted. Those currently declared as Forensic ANTH majors or minors will be able to complete their course of study. Those interested in Forensic Science should consult with Chemistry about their Forensic Chemistry track.**

FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY

Forensic Anthropology is a field associated with Criminal Justice or international investigative organizations (those responsible to document human rights violations through mass killings).  It combines cultural and biological anthropology, criminal justice, and biochemistry in an effort to identify victims of homicide and determine the cause of death.  This is portrayed on the television program Bones.  Shows like CSI portray Forensic Scientists, not Forensic Anthropologists.


In order to be a practicing Forensic Anthropologist, you need at least a Masters Degree, or for the highest certification a Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology, which Widener does not offer.  Our program prepares one for graduate study and is accepted by a dozen of the best graduate programs as a proper foundation.

The minor may be taken as part of the Anthropology major. The courses you need to take to earn a minor in Forensic Anthropology are:

 ANTH 105  (3 credits) Cultural Anthropology

ANTH 204 (4 credits) Physical Anthropology (with lab)

ANTH 208 (3 credits) Race and Racism

ANTH 216 (3 credits) Archaeology of Long-term Change

ANTH 308 (3 credits) Forensics Anthropology

CJ 105 (3 credits) Introduction to Criminal Justice

CJ 210 (3 credits) Criminal Courts (3)

CJ 225 (3 credits) Principle of Criminal Investigation

CJ 305 (3 credits) Criminal Evidence (3)

CHEM 101/3 (4 credits) Introduction to Chemistry I (with lab)

CHEM 102/4 (4 credits) Introduction to Chemistry II (with lab)

BIOL 121/3 (4 credits) Anatomy & Physiology I (with lab)

BIOL 122/4 (4 credits) Anatomy & Physiology II (with lab)

BIOL 230 (4 credits) Biology of Cells and Genes (with lab)

PSY 385 (4 credits) Statistical Methods with Computer Lab

CJ382 (4 credits) Research Methods in Criminal Justice
     ANTH 382 Ethnographic Method

ANTH 409/410 (6 credits) Senior Research

Forensic Internship or other field placement (6 credits)

(TOTAL – 68 Credit Hours)

   
     

Mitchell Rothman
Department of Anthropology Chairperson
Widener University
1 University Place
Chester, PA 19013
tel: 610-499-4638
msrothman@widener.edu

   
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