Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

Forensic Science (BS)

Bachelor of Science Degree

 

General Education

Category I: The Individual (11 hours)

IA: Rhetoric

ENGL 1101

           

Rhetoric and Composition

3

IB: Mathematical Reasoning

MATH 2450

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calculus I

4

 

MATH 2450L 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calculus I Lab

0

IC: Critical Thinking 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

ID: Scientific Method

CHEM 1101L

           

General Chemistry I Lab

 1

Category II: Western Civilization (15 hours)

IIA: Freshman Composition

ENGL 1102

           

Literature and Composition

3

IIB: Speaking

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

IIC: Social and Behavioral Sciences

 

           

Choose course from approved list 

3

IID: Humanities 

 

           

Choose course from approved list 

 3

IIE: Government 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose course from approved list 

3

Category III: World Citizen (12 hours)

IIIA: Modern Language

 

           

Choose sequence from approved list

6

IIIB: History of Other Cultures

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

IIIC: Fine Arts

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

 Category IV: The Natural World (7 hours)

 IVA: Natural Science

CHEM 1101

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Chemistry I

3

 

CHEM 1102 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Chemistry II

3

 

CHEM 1102L

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Chemistry II Lab

1

Category V: Ethical Perspectives (3 hours)

VA: Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

 Category VI: Institutional Requirement (1 hour)

VIA: First-Year Experience

PDMT 1101

           

Introduction to University Life and
the Liberal Arts Tradition

1

Total Credit Hours:49

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

ENGL 3335Technical Writing

3

FRSC 1101Criminalistics

3

FRSC 3100Crime Scene Investigation

3

FRSC 4200Forensic Death Investigation

3

FRSC 4750Internship in Forensic Science

1-3

FRSC 4900Forensic Science Senior Research and Seminar

1

MATH 1300Elementary Statistics

3

PHYS 2110University Physics I

4

PHYS 2110LUniversity Physics I Lab

0

POSC 3370Adjudication Processes

3

SOSC 3310Research Methods

3

Total Credit Hours:49-51

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

General Electives

General Electives

10-14

Total Credit Hours:10-14

Total Credit Hours: 121