BIOL 1782 - Introduction to Forensic Science

4 Credits

This course provides an introduction to Forensic Science. General biological concepts and their applications to various scientific principles and techniques used in Forensic Biology will be covered. Specific topics include chromatography, hair and fiber analysis, fingerprinting, blood spatter and typing, DNA typing, and forensic entomology. This course is intended for students in liberal arts and sciences, other related science fields, and interested non-science majors and can be used to fulfill the science lab requirement. Two hours of lab per week are required. Traditional, hybrid and online sections are available. 4C/3/1/0

Prerequisite(s): READ 0721 or READ 0724 or EAPP 0860 with a grade of “C” or better or appropriate assessment score

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s): Goal 3