Forensic Science

Forensic science is the application of science to those criminal and civil laws that are enforced by police agencies in a criminal justice system. Courses required for this major lead to an understanding of principles of laboratory science, and of principles of computer science, both of which can be applied in law enforcement.

General Biology (BIOL 1004) (the final digit is the number of credit hours of the courses)
Biochemistry (BIOL/CHEM 3254) or Cellular and Molecular Biology (BIOL 3454) or Genetics (BIOL 3504)
Anatomy & Physiology I (BIOL 3204)
Inorganic Analysis (CHEM 3404)
Organic Analysis (CHEM 3414)
Intro to Forensic Science (FRSC 2103)
Forensic Science Seminars (FRSC 3101) (three 1 credit seminars)
Total credit hours in science 26

Fundamentals of Programming (CPSC 1003)
Intro to the Internet & Online Research (CPSC 1203)
Intro to Computer Science Programming (CPSC 1903)
Hardware & Software Configuration (CPSC 2303)
Networking I (CPSC 2503)
Database Design & Implementation I (CPSC 3003)
Operating Systems & Servers (CPSC 3354)
Networking III (CPSC 3633)
Forensic Computing (FRSC 4103) (capstone course)
Total credit hours in computing 28

Overall total 54 hours

Specified general education courses:
General Chemistry I (CHEM 1004)
General Chem II (CHEM 1054)
Forensic Psychology (PSYC 3353)
Discrete Math (MATH 2153)

Suggested Elective
Forensic Science Internship (FRSC 4803)

This major shares several courses with the Biology and Chemistry majors, and with the Forensic Science major. It also shares several courses with the Applied Computer Science major, and with the Management of Information Technology major

See this page for General Graduation Requirements

The printed catalog is the official announcement of SWU academic requirements, and, in this case, the requirements have not yet been officially published.  Contact SWU Admissions to obtain one.

July 12, 2005