BIO 242 Criminal Forensics

Credit, four hours.
Criminal Forensics is a course designed for 200 level non-science majors. It is an intensive survey of applications of multiple scientific disciplines to the criminal justice system and taught by the Natural Sciences Department. The lecture will combine practical applications of chemistry, physics and biology with specific instruction geared toward current techniques used in processing physical evidence. The students will research and orally present case studies. “This course may be used by non-science majors to fulfill the laboratory science core requirement. Three hours lecture, two hours laboratory”.