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FORS 2440 - Forensic Science I


Reading Basic Skills Prerequisite: READ 0301
Math Basic Skills Prerequisite: MATH 0301
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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