Integrated Learning Major in Forensic Science
Forensic Science is a 25- to 26-credit Integrated Learning Major (ILM) that can complement a variety of other majors, including Anthropology, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Physics, Psychology, and Sociology. This ILM is designed to provide a broad exposure to the field, increasing employability in a variety of settings related to Forensic Science. Like all ILMs, Forensic Science includes a capstone project where students make contacts with practitioners in their field, complete a research project, and present their findings.
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Program Requirements
| I. ENTRY COURSES |
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| COURSE |
CREDITS |
| CHE 113 Introduction to Forensic Science |
4 |
| FCS 406 Advanced Forensic Science |
3 |
| II. QUANTITATIVE SKILLS – choose 1 course only* |
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| COURSE |
CREDITS |
| MAT 221 Elementary Probability and Statistics |
3 |
| FSC 431 Statistics for the Forensic Sciences |
3 |
| III. CONNECTION COURSES – must take one designated for the primary major |
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| COURSE |
CREDITS |
| Anthropology Majors |
|
| ANT 436 Forensic Anthropology |
3 |
| ANT 433 Human Skeletal Anatomy |
3 |
| Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, and Physics Majors |
|
| FSC 444 Forensic Chemical Analysis |
4 |
| Psychology Majors |
|
| PSY 474 Forensic Psychology |
3 |
| Sociology Majors |
|
| SOC 334 Criminal Justice |
3 |
| IV. ELECTIVES - 3 courses: connection courses may also be taken as electives |
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| COURSE |
CREDITS |
| ANT 400 Reading the Body |
3 |
| ANT 434 Anthropology of Death |
3 |
| BIO 326 Genetics and Cell Biology |
3 |
| BIO 462 Molecular Genetics |
3 |
| ERE 585 Microscopy and Photomicrography (SUNY ESF) |
3 |
FSC 440 Special Topics in Advanced Forensic Science
(may be taken multiple times with different topics) |
3 |
| FSC 451 Forensic Pathology |
3 |
| FSC 452 Forensic Mental Health |
3 |
| FSC 453 Forensic Toxicology |
3 |
| FSC 461 Firearms & Impression Evidence |
3 |
| FSC 462 Forensic Entomology |
3 |
| SOC 397 Criminology |
3 |
| V. REQUIRED CAPSTONE COURSE |
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| COURSE |
CREDITS |
| FSC 498 Capstone Seminar in Forensic Science |
4 |
The Integrated Learning Major provides 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.
* PSY 252 Statistical Methods II may be substituted by Psychology Majors
