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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

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

Forensic Science Core

BIOL 1101General Biology I

3
BIOL 1101LGeneral Biology I Lab

1
BIOL 2100Human Anatomy and Physiology I

3
BIOL 2100LHuman Anatomy and Physiology I Lab

1
BIOL 2110Human Anatomy and Physiology II

3
BIOL 2110LHuman Anatomy and Physiology II Lab

1
CHEM 2351Organic Chemistry I

4
CRJU 1290Introduction to Criminal Justice

3
CRJU 2335Criminal Investigation

3
CRJU 2500Technical Report Writing

3
FRSC 1101Criminalistics

3
FRSC 3100Crime Scene Investigation

3
FRSC 4200Forensic Death Investigation

3
MATH 1300Elementary Statistics

3
POSC 3370Adjudication Processes

3
SOSC 3310Research Methods

3
SOSC 3398Internship

1-6
SOSC 4480Senior Seminar

3
 
PHYS 2110University Physics I

4
AND
PHYS 2110LUniversity Physics I Lab

0
 
OR
 
PHYS 1110College Physics I

4
AND
PHYS 1110LCollege Physics I Lab

0
 
Total Credit Hours:55-60

Concentrations

Students must choose one of the following concentrations:

Major Field Concentration

ACCT 2010Financial Accounting

3
FRSC 2100Essential Practices of Forensic Science

3
FRSC 4100Crime Scene Investigation II Forensic Reconstruction

3
Total Credit Hours:9

Lab Services Concentration

BIOL 2240Genetics

4
CHEM 2550Chemical Forensics

4
FRSC 3200Fingerprint Identification & Classification

3
Total Credit Hours:11

Major Electives (0-6 hours)

FRSC 4475Special Topics

3
CRJU 3400Drug Identification and Classification

3

General Electives

General Electives

0-8
Total Credit Hours:0-8

Total Credit Hours: 121