Requirements for the Diploma in Forensic Sciences

To graduate from the program, students must earn a total of 60 credit hours selected from the following three lists. Students must also maintain a minimum overall cumulative quality point average of 3.00.

For each course, students must satisfy the prerequisites stated in the Academic Calendar.

Some of the following courses may be offered on-line. For more information, contact the Department of Continuing Education.
(60.0 credit hours)

1. Required Courses
(twenty-seven (27) credit hours total)

• FRSC 2200  Basic Sciences for Forensics I
• FRSC 2201  Basic Sciences for Forensics II
• FRSC 3300  Application of Forensic Techniques
• FRSC 4001  Forensic DNA Typing OR

                   BIOL 4419    Molecular Biology

• BIOL 1201    Molecular and Cell Biology
• BIOL 1202    Organismal and Ecological Biology
• BIOL 2307    Genetics

• CHEM 1210 General Chemistry I
• CHEM 1212 General Chemistry II for Life Sciences (please note the MATH pre-reqs)

2. Elective Group A: Science-Intensive Courses
(twenty-one (21) to twenty-four (24) credit hours total)

• FRSC 3350 Recent Advancement in Forensic Science

• ANTH 3373  Fieldwork in Archaeology
• ANTH 3374  Archaeology Laboratory
• ANTH 3471  Forensic Skeletal Identification
• ANTH 3472  Forensic Skeletal Analysis
• ANTH 4464  Advanced Fieldwork in Archaeology
• ANTH 4465  Advanced Archaeology Laboratory
• ANTH 4701  Internship in Forensic Anthropology

• BIOL 2004   Human Cell Physiology
• BIOL 2308   Biostatistics

  or PSYC 2350 Psychological Statistics

• BIOL 2321   Cell Biology I
• BIOL 3001   Principles of Pharmacology and Toxicology
• BIOL 3002   Entomology
• BIOL 3005   Human Organ Systems
• BIOL 3006   Animal Ecophysiology
• BIOL 3426   Animal Tissues
• BIOL 3398   Microbiology
• BIOL 4408   Animal Developmental Biology
• BIOL 4411   Medical and Veterinary Parasitology

• CHEM 2332  Introductory Analytical Chemistry: Wet Methods
• CHEM 2333  Introductory Analytical Chemistry: Instrumental Methods
• CHEM 2344  Organic Chemistry I

  or CHEM 2346  Organic Chemistry for Life Sciences

• CHEM 2345  Organic Chemistry II (note: pre-req CHEM 2344)
• CHEM 3451  Introductory Biochemistry

• PHYS 1000   Physics for Life Sciences I
• PHYS 1001   Physics for Life Sciences II

3. Elective Group B: Science-Related Courses
(nine (9) to twelve (12) credit hours total)
(Diploma students may qualify for up to 6 credit hours based on prior training)

• ANTH 1271  Introduction to Archaeology
• ANTH 1280  Introduction to Biological Anthropology
• ANTH 2282  Introduction to Forensic Anthropology

 

• CRIM 2303  Crime and Society (note: entry to this course may be restricted)
• CRIM 2304  Canadian Criminal Justice System (note: entry to this course may be restricted)

• GEOG 2316 Map and Air Photo Interpretation
• GEOG 3386 Concepts in Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

• PSYC 1250  Social Behavior
• PSYC 1260  Personality: Normal and Abnormal
• PSYC 3320  Psychology and Law
• PSYC 3338  Introduction to Forensic Psychology
• PSYC 3349  Drugs and Behavior
• PSYC 4438  Advanced Forensic Psychology
• PSYC 4443  Advanced Psychology and Law

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