Forensic ScienceBachelor of Science

ABOUT THE DEGREE
The goal of this Bachelor degree is to offer students the opportunity to take courses pertinent to scientific and methodological issues associated with crime investigation and criminal behavior.

FORENSIC SCIENCE

Forensic science, also known as criminalistics, is the application of any science to matters of the law. During criminal investigations, many evidence items are recovered from the crime scene to understand the who, what, where, when, and why of what happened. Forensic science is a broad field and can include fingerprints, blood stain patterns, hair and fibers, entomology, taphonomy (the study of decomposition and decay processes), or even drug chemistry.

Students will work cooperatively to work through virtual crime scenes and practical laboratory scenarios together and arrive at possible hypotheses as to what happened. This will expose the student to various evidence items in a routine crime scene scenario, while understanding the process of evidence collection and association/comparison processes.

The field site component will expose the student to a natural environment where different variables play a role in the decay of an animal carcass. The field site is strictly observational and will allow to students to collect variables such as temperature, humidity etc. on site to formulate possible hypotheses.

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Contact and Advising Information

If interested in applying for theBachelor Science in Forensic Science, please send an email with your full name,

email contact information. The Forensic Science Coordinator will return a signed and approved bachelor degree plan to you for submission to the undergraduate advising services. Please allow between 1-2 weeks for processing.

Forensic Science Program Coordinator

Pending final approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board