FORE 5507 – Forensic Science (formerly FORE 4407)

(3 credits - TG) Distance Delivery - Internet

This multidisciplinary Web course focuses on forensic lab analyses in criminal investigations. Specific laboratory techniques, limitations and implications of findings are discussed including microscopy, gas chromatography, DNA analysis, toxicology, fingerprinting, trace evidence and blood spatter analysis. We briefly introduce hypothesis development, event reconstruction, death investigation and analysis of remains.