SPECIALIZATION
Forensic Science
A student may earn a specialization in forensic science which prepares them to work in crime laboratories.
Courses
General Education Requirements - 46 hours
English 1301, 1302, and three hours sophomore literature - 9 hours
Fine Arts (three hours from music, theatre, fine arts, art, or equivalent) - 3 hours
Christian Ministry 1320 and 1330 - 6 hours
History - 6 hours
Political Science 2305 - 3 hours
Social Science (CJUS, ECON, GEOG, POSC, PSYC, SOCI) - 3 hours
Physical Activity - KINE 1238 - 2 hours
Science (must be lab science) - 8 hours
Mathematics - 6 hours
Speech 1311, 1315, or 1318 - 3 hours
Completion of thirty-six (36) semester hours:
CHEM 1311 General Chemistry I
CHEM 1111 General Chemistry I Laboratory
CHEM 1312 General Chemistry II
CHEM 1112 General Chemistry II Laboratory
CHEM 3303 General Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 3103 General Organic Chemistry I Laboratory
CHEM 3304 General Organic Chemistry II
CHEM 3104 General Organic Chemistry II Laboratory
CHEM 3305 Quantitative Analysis
CHEM 3105 Quantitative Analysis Laboratory
CHEM 3306 Instrumental Analysis
CHEM 3106 Instrumental Analysis Laboratory
CHEM 4101 Chemical Literature
CHEMISTRY CHEM 4301 Physical Chemistry I
CHEM 4103 Physical Chemistry I Laboratory
CHEM 4302 Physical Chemistry II
CHEM 4104 Physical Chemistry II Laboratory
CHEM 4367 Biochemistry
* denotes course(s) which can also meet General Education Requirements
* PHYS 1401 General Physics I
* PHYS 1402 General Physics II
* MATH 1425 Precalculus
* MATH 2401 Calculus
The student must have a major in chemistry, a minor in biology, and take the following courses:
- BIOL 4304 Toxicology
- BIOL 4305 Molecular Genetics
- CHEM/BIOL 4367 Biochemistry
- CHEM/BIOL 4167 Biochemistry Techniques
- CHEM 4200 Forensic Chemistry Laboratory