Forensic Science Investigation

Catalog description

An introduction to forensic science and the various methodologies and applications used in today's multi-discipline crime laboratories. Topics will include a brief history of forensic science, introduction to crime laboratory disciplines and quality assurance, crime scene processing, analysis of physical evidence by the crime lab [firearms and tool marks, chemistry (toxicology, controlled substances), trace evidence, biology, patterned evidence, questioned documents, etc.] and presentation of test results in legal procedures. Does not yield credit toward the B.S./B.A. in biology or the interdisciplinary B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. This course is designed primarily for undergraduate students with little-to-no science background.