Requirements

Forensic Science/ Crime Scene Investigation Major – Bachelor’s Degree



General Education Requirements (51)

COM 151 Public Speaking

EN 101 College Writing

EN 102 Writing in the Humanities

GS 101 Foundations Seminar

PS 402 Junior Symposium

 

Specific General Education Core Modules

General Education Elective

Intercultural Awareness Elective

Interdisciplinary Studies Elective

Literature/Arts Elective

MA 200 Topics in Statistics

MA 315 Forensic Mathematics

Moral Reasoning (CJ 330 Ethics in CJ System)

Political Science/History/Geography Elective

PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology

Religious Studies Elective

Science (BI 114 Human Body)

Sociology/Psychology/Economics (SO 101 Introduction to Sociology)

 

All College (12)

MIS Elective

All College Elective

All College Elective

All College Elective
 



Courses in Major (57)

Lower Level (15)

FS 101 Introduction to Forensic Sciences

CJ 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice

CJ 202 Introduction to Law and Justice

CJ 204 Crime and Society

CJ 205 Drugs, Crime and The CJ System

Upper Level (36)

FS 300 Introduction to Photography/Imagery & Computer Crime Investigation

FS 318 Special Topics in Forensic Science I

FS 319 Special Topics in Forensic Science II

FS 400 Photography/Imagery

FS 401 Fingerprint Evidence

FS 402 Trace Evidence/Arson-Firearms /Impression Evidence

FS 403 Bloodstain Pattern Analysis/Crash Management/Report Writing

FS 405 Advanced Seminar in Forensic Science

CJ/HS/PSY 305 Research Methods in Social Sciences 

CJ 314 Environmental Investigations

CJ 315 Laws and Rules of Evidence

CJ 404 Criminal Investigations/ Criminalistics


Upper Level Credit Electives (9)

Liberal Arts Elective

PSY 410 Forensic Psychology


Suggested Electives:

BI 140 College Biology I

BI 141 College Biology II

CH 201 College Chemistry I

CH 202 College Chemistry II

FS 499 Forensic Science Internship