FORS 3402 - Physical Methods with Laboratory

Prerequisites: FORS 2216, FORS 2217. Criminalistics is the branch of forensic science that involves the recognition identification (or classification), individualization, and reconstruction of physical evidence. The purpose of this course is to gain an in-depth understanding of non-biological evidence utilizing physical methods. In this course, microscopic, chemical, and instrumental methodologies or analysis and comparison that are routinely utilized in forensic science laboratories are presented in a problem-solving, learning environment. 4 credits.