Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Fall 2018 - ARCH 452 D100

Introduction to Paleopathology (5)

Class Number: 8506

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2018: Mon, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Dec 15, 2018
    Sat, 3:30–6:30 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Instructor:

    Hugo Cardoso
    hcardoso@sfu.ca
    778.782.4171
    Office: EDB 9621
    Office Hours: TBA

  • Prerequisites:

    ARCH 373.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Introduces the study of ancient and historic diseases in humans and animals as expressed in bones, teeth, mummified remains, art, and historical documents. Provides an essential foundation for differential diagnosis in skeletal biology and forensic osteology. Students who have taken ARCH 332 under this topic may not take this course for further credit.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course examines how health and disease in past human populations can be primarily inferred from skeletal and dental evidence, but also from historical documentation when available. Students will be instructed in the differential diagnosis and interpretation of pathological conditions (such as traumatic injury, joint disease, infection) in the human skeleton, and its limitations. The course links palaeopathological and other related evidence to larger evolutionary and archaeological questions, such as hominization, sedentism, agriculture, urbanism, colonization, industrialization and globalization, and examines how these biological and social transformations impacted on human evolution, health and disease.

Grading

  • Lab Assignments 25%
  • Group project 25%
  • Mid-term exam 25%
  • Final Exam (multiple choice quiz, cumulative) 25%

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Tony Waldron. 2009. Paleopathology. Cambridge University Press. 
ISBN: 9780521678551

Department Undergraduate Notes:

Students with hidden or visible disabilities who believe they may need classroom or exam accommodations are encouraged to register with the SFU Centre for Students with Disabilities (1250 Maggie Benston Centre) as soon as possible to ensure that they are eligible and that approved accommodations and services are implemented in a timely fashion.

Deferred grades will be given only on the basis of authenticated medical disability.


Registrar Notes:

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