Physical Methods of Forensic Analysis & Lab. 4 credits, 6 contact hours

Catalog description

Prerequisites: FRSC 201 ; FRSC 307 ( FRSC 307 may be taken as a co-requisite). This course is designed to prepare undergraduate students in the forensic science program for impression, pattern, and trace evidence analysis. Students will learn the principles of criminalistics, proper evaluation and comparison of impression evidence, and the theory and practical application of forensic microscopy to the analysis of unknown materials. There will be an emphasis on the necessity of an objective and rigorous scientific approach to forensic investigations.