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FORS 2440 - Forensic Science I


Reading Basic Skills Prerequisite (Fall 2013): READ 0301 
Integrated Reading & Writing Basic Skills Prerequisite (Spring 2014): INRW 0305 
Math Basic Skills Prerequisite (Fall 2013): MATH 0301 
Math Basic Skills Prerequisite (Spring 2014) MATH 0305 
This course provides an introduction to crime scene investigation, evidence gathering and analysis. Students will learn the methods, procedures, and techniques of gathering and preserving crime scene evidence; and the laboratory techniques about how to scientifically analyze the evidence. Basic analytical techniques learned in the lab include trace analysis of hair and fiber, stain analysis, epithelial cell analysis, latent fingerprint analysis, DNA sequencing and more.

Semester Hours: (4-3-3)

CIP: 43.0106


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