Forensic Science (BS)

Bachelor of Science Degree

 

General Education

I. Communication (9 hours)
Rhetoric and Composition		ENGL 1101*							Rhetoric and Composition	3
Literature and Composition		ENGL 1102*							Literature and Composition	3
Communication									Choose course from approved list	3
II. Humanities and Fine Arts (15 hours)
Modern Languages									Choose sequence from approved list	6
English Literature									Choose one 2000-level English Literature course	3
									(except for ENGL 2225 and ENGL 2226 which
									meet the General Education Ethics requirement, below)
Philosophy and Religion									Choose one PHIL or RELG course at the 1000-2000 level	3
Fine Arts									Choose course from approved list	3
III. History and Social Sciences (9 hours)
World History									Choose course from approved list	3
Government									Choose course from approved list	3
Social Science									Choose course from approved list	3
IV. Mathematics and Natural Sciences (12 hours)
Mathematics		MATH 2450*							Calculus I	4
Natural Science		CHEM 1101							General Chemistry I	3
		CHEM 1101L							General Chemistry I Lab	1
		CHEM 1102							General Chemistry II	3
		CHEM 1102L							General Chemistry II Lab	1
V. Ethics (3 hours)
Ethics									Choose course from approved list	3
VI. Institutional Requirement (1 hour)
First-Year Experience   *Grade of C or higher required.		PDMT 1101							Introduction to University Life and the Liberal Arts Tradition	1

Total Credit Hours:

48-49

Students who enter with fewer than 24 semester credit hours must satisfy the institutional requirement.

Forensic Science Core

BIOL 1101	General Biology I	3
BIOL 1101L	General Biology I Lab	1
BIOL 2100	Human Anatomy and Physiology I	3
BIOL 2100L	Human Anatomy and Physiology I Lab	1
BIOL 2110	Human Anatomy and Physiology II	3
BIOL 2110L	Human Anatomy and Physiology II Lab	1
CHEM 2351	Organic Chemistry I	4
CRJU 1290	Introduction to Criminal Justice	3
CRJU 2335	Criminal Investigation	3
ENGL 3335	Technical Writing	3
FRSC 1101	Criminalistics	3
FRSC 3100	Crime Scene Investigation	3
FRSC 4200	Forensic Death Investigation	3
FRSC 4750	Internship in Forensic Science	1-3
FRSC 4900	Forensic Science Senior Research and Seminar	1
MATH 1300	Elementary Statistics	3
POSC 3370	Adjudication Processes	3
SOSC 3310	Research Methods	3
PHYS 2110	University Physics I	4
	AND
PHYS 2110L	University Physics I Lab	0
	OR
PHYS 1110	College Physics I	4
	AND
PHYS 1110L	College Physics I Lab	0
Total Credit Hours:		53-55

Concentrations

Students must choose one of the following concentrations:

Major Field Concentration

ACCT 2010	Financial Accounting	3
FRSC 2100	Essential Practices of Forensic Science	3
FRSC 4100	Crime Scene Investigation II Forensic Reconstruction	3
Total Credit Hours:		9

Lab Services Concentration

BIOL 2240	Genetics	4
CHEM 2550	Chemical Forensics	4
FRSC 3200	Fingerprint Identification & Classification	3
Total Credit Hours:		11

Major Electives (0-6 hours)

FRSC 4475	Special Topics	3
CRJU 3400	Drug Identification and Classification	3

General Electives

	General Electives	0-10
Total Credit Hours:		0-10

Total Credit Hours: 121