Forensic Chemistry Lab

Catalog description

This course is the laboratory component of the forensic chemistry lecture course ( CHE 371 ). The theoretical principles learned in the lecture will be practiced using a combination of different analytical techniques and examples of evidentiary materials. Students will practice fingerprint development, sample preparation techniques, presumptive tests, and instrumental analysis techniques such as spectroscopy, chromatography, and mass spectrometry. The course is also designed to help students become proficient in the science of writing laboratory reports and orally communicating scientific concepts and results of analyses.