AND REFER TO THESE TEXTS, TITLE, AUTHOR, PAGES:
Catastrophes, D Keys, Century 1999, in addition specific areas of investigation may have more targeted texts, for example, The Golden Age of the great Passenger Airships H G Dick and H Robinson Smithsonian Institute Press 1992; The Fall of the Tay Bridge, D Swinfen Mercat Press Edinburgh 1994, Buikstra, J.E. and Mielke, J.H. (1985) "Demography, diet and health" in Gilbert, R.I. and Mielke, J.H. (Eds.) Analysis of Prehistoric Diets, Academic Press: New York. Additionally various web sites

YOU MUST SATISFY THESE ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
Progress to level 2 of a forensic award

YOU WILL NEED ACCESS TO THESE RESOURCES:
Module handbook, standard lecture room facilities, access to resources in the LRC, library and to computers with www and distributed learning access.
Blackboard VLE

THESE LEARNING STRATEGIES WILL OCCUPY YOUR TIME:
24 hours of lecture / workshop will provide for the delivery of the essential core material, setting the historical context of the event and explaining the scientific background and the modern interpretations with their strengths and weaknesses.
In your independent learning time you will further research the topics using a combination of standard scientific texts and web based resources

Additional Assessment Information:
Students will be required to complete 2 pieces of summative assessment.

One 2h examination (50%) (Outcomes 1-3)

One written assignment (50%) (Outcome 3)

Students will be provided with formative assessment and feedback.

You will study cases of a historical nature where the availability of direct evidence from the scene is either very limited. This module thus provides examples of a very different type of challenge to the forensic investigator. In some instances eyewitness accounts and physical evidence are available to help the investigator, for example in the Hindenburg disaster, whilst in others accounts and documentary evidence from the time have to be relied on, such as the collapse of the first Tay rail bridge. Other examples rely on artefacts and/or traces of biological material which are the cause of current controversy, for example the Turin Shroud and the fate of the Russian royal family, are the subject of considerable scientific scrutiny. Much of the underlying scientific analysis will be interdisciplinary in nature and the application of fundamental aspects of chemistry, biology, geology and physics will be emphasised.