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Forensic Science Minor

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Course Requirements (21 Credit Hours)

Grade Point Average (GPA) - 2.0 GPA or better is required for all elective courses applied to this minor

Required Courses (12 Credits)

CRJU 15000 - Introduction To The Criminal Justice System
FIS 14000 - Introduction To Forensic Science: Criminalistics
FIS 14005 - Introduction To Forensic Science: Evidence Handling
FIS 35000 - Courtroom Demeanor

Elective Courses (9 Credits)

Choose nine (9) credits from the options below:

BIOL 10100 - Introductory Biology
BIOL 10200 - Introductory Biology
BIOL 24400 - Genetics
CHM 11500 - General Chemistry
CHM 11600 - General Chemistry
CHM 26300 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
CHM 26400 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory II
CHM 26505 - Organic Chemistry I
CHM 26605 - Organic Chemistry II
CHM 32100 - Analytical Chemistry I
CHM 33300 - Principles Of Biochemistry
CRJU 30700 - Victimology
CRJU 34100 - Criminal Investigation
CS 34200 - Introduction To Computer-Based Biomedical Image Analysis
FIS 24500 - Laboratory Quality System Theory
ITS 20000 - Ethical And Legal Issues IT
ITS 45200 - Computer Forensics
ITS 55200 - Digital Forensics Techniques
PHYS 22000 - General Physics
PHYS 22100 - General Physics
PHYS 32200 - Intermediate Optics
PHYS 34200 - Modern Physics
POL 35400 - Civil Liberties And The Constitution
PSY 12000 - Elementary Psychology
PSY 33200 - Forensic Psychology
SOC 30300 - Sociology Of Violence
SOC 32400 - Criminology
STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods
STAT 33001 - Biostatistics
STAT 40001 - Statistical Computing

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