Survey of Forensic Sciences

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Description: Predominantly online class providing overview of various forensic sciences and how they relate to presentation of evidence and to civil and criminal procedures involved in solving problems of law. Law and ethics, forensic pathology, forensic dentistry and anthropology, forensic toxicology and molecular biology (DNA), forensic nursing and death scene investigation, forensic psychology, criminalistics, questioned documents, forensic engineering and technology, forensic accounting, and management techniques in forensic sciences. A review of current guidelines for knowledge, procedures, quality assurance and control, and certification/accreditation from national standards boards and scientific and technical working groups.