BIOL 3325 - Forensic Science

3 Credit(s)

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of criminalistics (the scientific study and evaluation of physical evidence in the commission of crimes) and focuses primarily on the forensic evidence aspects of criminal investigation. Students are familiarized with identifying, collecting, preserving, accurately recording and processing evidence. Topics covered include: physical evidence, crime scene reconstruction, death investigation, serology, drugs/toxicology and DNA analysis. Demonstrations will give students some insight into what it is like to properly collect and interpret crime scene evidence.

Selective
Advanced biology selective.
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 2231 and CHEM 2314 or CHEM 1232 with a C- or better.