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Co-Major in Forensics

Department of Chemistry

Objective: Foundational work for anyone interested in working in the field of forensic science. A target audience might be criminal justice majors who want to have more laboratory skills for criminology work.

Administrator: Chair, Department of Chemistry

Required: 31 credits

campus during fall

Core Forensics Courses: 31 credits

Item #
Title
Credits
CHEM1040/CHEM1040L or CHEM1210/CHEM1210L or CHEM2610/CHEM2610L
4
CHEM2210
General Chemistry 1
3
CHEM2210L
General Chemistry 1 Laboratory
1
CHEM2220
General Chemistry 2
3
CHEM2220L
General Chemistry 2 Laboratory
1
BIOL2220
General Biology 1
3
BIOL2220L
General Biology 1 Laboratory
1
BIOL3720
Genetics
3
BIOL3720L
Genetics Laboratory
1
CRIM4360
Criminal Procedure
3
BIOL3960 or BIOL3970 or BIOL4960
1

Seven more upper division credits from the following courses:

Item #
Title
Credits
CHEM3210
Organic Chemistry 1
3
CHEM3210L
Organic Chemistry 1 Laboratory
1
CHEM3620
Integrated Laboratory 1
1
CHEM4610
Integrated Laboratory 2
1
CHEM4710
Structure Elucidation
3
BIOL3160
Plant Taxonomy
3
BIOL3160L
Plant Taxonomy Laboratory
1
BIOL3360
Vertabrate Comparitive Anatomy
3
BIOL3360L
Vertabrate Comparitive Anatomy Laboratory
1
BIOL3420
General Microbiology
3
BIOL3420L
General Microbiology Laboratory
1
BIOL3510
Studies in Histology
1
BIOL3920
Cadaver Dissection 1
1
BIOL3930
Cadaver Dissection 2
1