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Forensic Science, B.S.

Forensic Science Curriculum Outline

Bachelor of Science Degree

General Education

Total Credit Hours:46

Piedmont College Requirement

PDMT 1101Intro to College Life and Liberal Arts Tradition

1
Total Credit Hours:1

Students who have not completed a minimum of 24 semester credit hours of college-level coursework upon admission to Piedmont College must meet this college requirement.

Forensic Science Major

Total Credit Hours:64-76

Accounting

ACCT 2010Accounting I

3
Total Credit Hours:3

Biology

BIOL 1101General Biology I

3
BLAB 1101General Biology Lab I

1
BIOL 2100Human Anatomy and Physiology I

4
BIOL 2110Human Anatomy and Physiology II

4
Total Credit Hours:12

Chemistry

CHEM 1101General Chemistry I

3
CLAB 1101General Chemistry Lab I

1
CHEM 1102General Chemistry II

3
CLAB 1102General Chemistry Lab II

1
CHEM 2351Organic Chemistry I

4
Total Credit Hours:5-12

Criminal Justice

CRJU 1290Introduction to Criminal Justice

3
CRJU 2335Criminal Investigation

3
Total Credit Hours:6

English

ENGL 3335Technical Writing

3
Total Credit Hours:3

Forensic Science

FRSC 1101Criminalistics

3
FRSC 3100Crime Scene Investigation

3
FRSC 3200Fingerprint Identification & Classification

3
FRSC 4200Forensic Death Investigation

3
FRSC 4750Internship in Forensic Science

1-3
FRSC 4900Forensic Science Senior Research and Seminar

1
Total Credit Hours:14-16

Graphic Design

GRDS 2260Digital Photography

3
Total Credit Hours:3

Mathematics

MATH 2100Elementary Statistics

3
MATH 2450Calculus I

4
Total Credit Hours:4-7

Physics

PHYS 2110General Physics I

4
PHYS 2120General Physics II

4
Total Credit Hours:8

Political Science

POSC 3370Adjudication Processes

3
SOSC 3310Research Methods

3
Total Credit Hours:6

General Electives

Total Credit Hours:9

Total Credit Hours: 120

CHEM 1101, CLAB 1101, CHEM 1102, MATH 2100, MATH 2450, PHYS 2110, PHYS 2120: These courses also satisfy general education requirements and appear in the number of hours for both general education and the major; in reality, forensic science majors may have up to 12 additional hours to use for electives.