A Bachelor of Science in Applied Science degree in Forensic Science requires a minimum of 121 semester hours. The program is designed to be rigorous and multi-disciplinary and allows for fewer electives in lower level courses but an increased flexibility in upper-division coursework.
A minor is intended to contrast with or deepen a major or General Education. Forensic Science is an interdisciplinary major. Courses that are required for, and count toward, the Forensic Science major cannot be counted toward a minor.
| COURSE | TITLE | S.H. |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Requirements | ||
| Core Competencies | ||
| ENGL 1550 | Writing 1 | 3-4 |
| or ENGL 1549 | Writing 1 with Support | |
| ENGL 1551 | Writing 2 | 3 |
| CMST 1545 | Communication Foundations | 3 |
| Mathematics | ||
| MATH 1571 | Calculus 1 (required for major) | 4 |
| Knowledge Domains | ||
| Arts and Humanities (6 s.h.) | 6 | |
| Natural Science (2 courses; 1 with lab) (6-7 s.h.) | ||
| BIOL 2601 & 2601L | General Biology: Molecules and Cells and General Biology: Molecules and Cells Laboratory (required for major) | 4 |
| BIOL 2602 & 2602L | General Biology: Organisms and Ecology and General Biology: Organisms and Ecology Laboratory (required for major) | 4 |
| Social Sciences (6 s.h.) | ||
| CJFS 1500 | Introduction to Criminal Justice (required for major) | 3 |
| ANTH 1500 | Introduction to Anthropology (required for major) | 3 |
| Social and Personal Awareness (6 s.h.) | 6 | |
| HAHS 1500 | Introduction to the Bitonte College of Health and Human Services (First Year Experience course) | 2 |
| Core Requirements (65 s.h.) | ||
| Chemistry | ||
| CHEM 1515 & 1515L | General Chemistry 1 and General Chemistry 1 Laboratory | 4 |
| CHEM 1516 & 1516L | General Chemistry 2 and General Chemistry 2 Laboratory | 4 |
| CHEM 3719 & 3719L | Organic Chemistry 1 and Organic Chemistry 1 Laboratory | 4 |
| CHEM 3720 & 3720L | Organic Chemistry 2 and Organic Chemistry 2 Laboratory | 4 |
| CHEM 2604 & 2604L | Quantitative Analysis and Quantitative Analysis Laboratory | 5 |
| Additional Biology | ||
| BIOL 3721 | Genetics | 3 |
| Physics | ||
| PHYS 2610 & 2610L | General Physics 1 and General Physics laboratory 1 | 5 |
| PHYS 2611 & 2611L | General Physics 2 and General Physics laboratory 2 | 5 |
| Mathematics & Statistics | ||
| STAT 3717 | Statistical Methods | 4 |
| MATH 1572 | Calculus 2 | 4 |
| Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences | ||
| CJFS 1510 | Survey of Forensic Sciences | 3 |
| CJFS 2602 | Criminal Courts | 3 |
| CJFS 3714 & 3714L | Forensic Science: Crime Scene Investigation and Forensic Science: Crime Scene Investigation Laboratory | 3 |
| CJFS 3716 & 3716L | Forensic Science Evidence Analysis and Forensic Science Evidence Analysis Laboratory | 3 |
| CJFS 3700 | Forensic Fire and Explosives Investigation | 3 |
| CJFS 4850 | Special Topics in Criminal Justice | 3 |
| CJFS 4807 | Criminal Justice Internship | 3-12 |
| CJFS 5814 | Practice and Ethics in Forensic Science | 3 |
| Concentrations (Pick One) | ||
| CHEMISTRY (Select at least 13 s.h.) | ||
| CHEM 3729 | Inorganic Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 3739 & 3739L | Physical Chemistry 1 and Physical Chemistry 1 Laboratory | 4 |
| CHEM 3740 & 3740L | Physical Chemistry 2 and Physical Chemistry 2 Laboratory | 4 |
| CHEM 3764 | Chemical Toxicology | 3 |
| CHEM 3785 & 3785L | Biochemistry 1 and Biochemistry Laboratory | 4 |
| CHEM 3786 | Biochemistry 2 | 3 |
| CHEM 4891 | Special Topics | 1-3 |
| CHEM 5804 & 5804L | Chemical Instrumentation and Chemical Instrumentation Laboratory | 4 |
| CHEM 5821 | Intermediate Organic Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 5822 & 5822L | Advanced Organic Laboratory and Advanced Organic Laboratory | 4 |
| BIOLOGY (Select at least 13 s.h.) | ||
| BIOL 3702 & 3702L | Microbiology and Microbiology Laboratory | 4 |
| BIOL 3703 & 3703L | Clinical Immunology and Clinical Immunology Laboratory | 4 |
| BIOL 3705 & 3705L | Introduction to Human Gross Anatomy and Introduction to Human Gross Anatomy Laboratory | 4 |
| BIOL 3711 | Cell Biology: Fine Structure | 3 |
| BIOL 3716 | Molecular Microbiology 1: Nucleic Acids | 4 |
| BIOL 3730 & 3730L | Human Physiology and Human Physiology Laboratory | 5 |
| BIOL 4800 & 4800L | Bioinformatics and Bioinformatics Laboratory | 4 |
| BIOL 4839 | Selected Topics in Physiology | 1 |
| CHEM 3785 & 3785L | Biochemistry 1 and Biochemistry Laboratory | 4 |
| CHEM 3786 | Biochemistry 2 | 3 |
| BIOL 4850 | Problems in Biology | 1-3 |
| OTHER OPTION, CHEMISTRY / BIOLOGY | ||
| BIOL 4890 & 4890L | Molecular Genetics and Molecular Genetics Laboratory | 4 |
| BIOL 5827 | Gene Manipulation | 2 |
| CJFS 4850 | Special Topics in Criminal Justice | 3-5 |
| CHEM 3719R | Organic Chemistry Recitation 1 | 1 |
| CHEM 3720R | Organic Chemistry Recitation 2 | 1 |
| PHLT 3731 | Drug Use and Abuse | 3 |
| PHLT 5810 | Agents of Mass Casualty | 3 |
| PHLT 5812 | Crisis Management in Public Health | 3 |
| ANTHROPOLOGY (Select at least 16 s.h.) | ||
| ANTH 2600 | Human Osteology | 4 |
| ANTH 3702 | Archaeology | 3 |
| ANTH 3703 | Biological Anthropology | 4 |
| ANTH 3778 | Archaeological Techniques | 1-9 |
| ANTH 3779 | Fieldwork in Historical and Industrial Sites Archaeology | 3 |
| ANTH 3780 | Forensic Anthropology 1 | 4 |
| ANTH 4800 | Undergraduate Research | 1-2 |
| ANTH 4881 | Forensic Anthropology 2 | 4 |
| ANTH 4883 | Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 4891 | Advanced Topics in Biological Anthropology | 3 |
| BIOL 3705 & 3705L | Introduction to Human Gross Anatomy and Introduction to Human Gross Anatomy Laboratory | 4 |
| GEOG 5812 | Global Positioning Systems and GIScience | 3 |
There may be other courses that qualify for upper division electives, but you must discuss these options with an academic advisor and get pre-approved.
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | S.H. | |
| ENGL 1550 or ENGL 1549 | Writing 1 or Writing 1 with Support | 3-4 |
| CJFS 1510 | Survey of Forensic Sciences | 3 |
| CJFS 1500 | Introduction to Criminal Justice | 3 |
| CHEM 1515 & 1515L | General Chemistry 1 and General Chemistry 1 Laboratory | 4 |
| Arts and Humanities | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 16-17 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENGL 1551 | Writing 2 | 3 |
| CJFS 2602 | Criminal Courts | 3 |
| ANTH 1500 | Introduction to Anthropology | 3 |
| CHEM 1516 & 1516L | General Chemistry 2 and General Chemistry 2 Laboratory | 4 |
| Social and Personal Awareness | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 16 | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Fall | ||
| CMST 1545 | Communication Foundations | 3 |
| CJFS 3714 | Forensic Science: Crime Scene Investigation | 2 |
| CJFS 3714L | Forensic Science: Crime Scene Investigation Laboratory | 1 |
| MATH 1571 | Calculus 1 | 4 |
| CHEM 3719 & 3719L | Organic Chemistry 1 and Organic Chemistry 1 Laboratory | 4 |
| Semester Hours | 14 | |
| Spring | ||
| CJFS 3700 | Forensic Fire and Explosives Investigation | 3 |
| CJFS 3716 | Forensic Science Evidence Analysis | 2 |
| CJFS 3716L | Forensic Science Evidence Analysis Laboratory | 1 |
| MATH 1572 | Calculus 2 | 4 |
| CHEM 3720 & 3720L | Organic Chemistry 2 and Organic Chemistry 2 Laboratory | 4 |
| Semester Hours | 14 | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Fall | ||
| BIOL 2601 & 2601L | General Biology: Molecules and Cells and General Biology: Molecules and Cells Laboratory | 4 |
| CJFS 4850 | Special Topics in Criminal Justice | 3 |
| STAT 3717 | Statistical Methods | 4 |
| Elective 3700-Level | 5 | |
| Semester Hours | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| BIOL 2602 & 2602L | General Biology: Organisms and Ecology and General Biology: Organisms and Ecology Laboratory | 4 |
| CHEM 2604 & 2604L | Quantitative Analysis and Quantitative Analysis Laboratory | 5 |
| Arts and Humanities | 3 | |
| Elective 3700-Level | 4 | |
| Semester Hours | 16 | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Fall | ||
| CJFS 4807 | Criminal Justice Internship | 6 |
| PHYS 2610 | General Physics 1 | 4 |
| PHYS 2610L | General Physics laboratory 1 | 1 |
| Social and Personal Awareness | 3 | |
| Elective 3700-Level | 2 | |
| Semester Hours | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| CJFS 5814 | Practice and Ethics in Forensic Science | 3 |
| PHYS 2611 | General Physics 2 | 4 |
| PHYS 2611L | General Physics laboratory 2 | 1 |
| BIOL 3721 | Genetics | 3 |
| Elective 3700-Level | 2 | |
| Semester Hours | 13 | |
| Total Semester Hours | 121-122 | |
Request a Graduation Evaluation after you have completed 80-85 s.h. from the BCHHS Advising/Deans Office, 2104 Cushwa Hall, 330-941-3221.
Learning Outcomes
- Students will demonstrate knowledge on the influence of the CJ system at the subsystem levels (policing, courts, and corrections).
- Students can analyze scientific situations, and apply the scientific method within the CJ judicial system.
- Students can explain biology principles and how they relate to forensic science.
- Students can explain chemistry principles and how they relate to forensic science.
- Students can explain basic physics and math principles, and how they relate to forensic science.