300335 UE Virtual Anthropology - 3D Applications and Software (2013W)

Continuous assessment of course work

Vorbesprechung am 8. Okt. 2013, 13:15 im Gr. Seminarraum Anthropologie

voraussichtliche Termine des Blocks:
02.12.2013 10:00-17:30
03.12.2013 10:00-17:30

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from Fr 06.09.2013 08:00 to Mo 23.09.2013 18:00
Deregistration possible until Th 31.10.2013 18:00

Details

max. 15 participants

Language: German

Lecturers

Classes

Currently no class schedule is known.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Applied exercises with real data (from theory to results), handling of software packages and data, visualisation of results, identification of landmarks (LM) and semilandmarks (sLM), creation of surface data and conversion, basics of form- and shape analysis of complex geometries (but no substitute for theoretical courses!)

Assessment and permitted materials

Written test

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Linking up teaching with ongoing research at the Dept. of Anthr., introduction into a new interdiscipline, understanding and applying modern methods in the domain of comparative morphology.

Examination topics

PPT presentations for theoretical background, computer exercises using datasets of human skull and teeth, introduction to various software packages and application to data.

Reading list

Weber, G.W. & Bookstein, F. L. Virtual Anthropology – an introduction to a new interdisciplinary field. Wien: Springer Verlag.

Association in the course directory

MAN 2 (Curriculum 2013), MAN I-1

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