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Integrated Learning Major in Forensic Science

Forensic science is a 25-26 credit Integrated Learning Major (ILM) that can complement a variety of other majors, including anthropology, biology, biochemistry, chemistry, earth science, physics, psychology and sociology. The major in forensic science includes a capstone project where students make contacts with practitioners in their field and then present their findings. This ILM is designed to provide a broad exposure to the field, increasing employability in a variety of settings related to forensic science.


Required Entry Courses - all are required
CHE 113 Introduction to Forensic Science
FSC 406 Advanced Forensic Science
MAT 221 Elementary Probability and Statistics
*PSY 252 Statstical Methods II may be subsituted by Psychology Majors

Connection Courses - must take the one designated for the vertical major
ANT 435 Forensic Anthropology (for ANT majors)
ANT 433 Human Skeletal Anatomy (for ANT majors)
FSC 444 Forensic Chemical Analysis (for BIO, CHE, EAR, PHY majors)
PSY 474 Forensic Psychology (for PSY majors)
SOC 334 Criminal Justice (for SOC majors)

Electives - three courses (connection courses may also be taken as electives)
ANT 400 Reading the Body
ANT 434 Anthropology of Death
BIO 326 Genetics and Cell Biology
BIO 462 Molecular Genetics
BIO 575 Biochemistry 
ERE 585 Microscopy and Photomicrography (ESF class)

FSC 440 Special Topics in Advanced Forensic Science (may be taken multiple times with different topics)
SOC Criminology

Required Capstone
FSC 498 Capstone Seminar in Forensic Science


Integrated Learning Majors provide broad, interdisciplinary opportunities for students through valuable tools and knowledge in a variety of fields. This synergistic approach adds scholarly mettle to both the major and the interdisciplinary program, while exploiting their connective properties. For example, an undergraduate interested in chemistry could have an integrated learning program in forensic science. Or a student pursuing archeology could have an integrated learning major in ethics, with focus on social science research.