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3.00 Credits
Lecture-2 hours; laboratory-3 hours. Processingand evaluating complex homicide scenes. Functions and activities of police agencies. Recognition, documentation, identification, and collection of evidence. Event sequence reconstruction. Evidence collection, preservation, report writing. Courtroom presentation.- I. (I.) Springer
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3.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Restricted to students enrolled in the M.S. in Forensic Science Program or by consent of Forensic Science Program Director. Statistics that are used by the forensic scientist, their limitations/applications in presenting evidential results in such areas as DNASTR results, trace evidence correlation, fingerprint statistics, population sampling and the Bayes method. Offered in alternate years.-II. Land
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3.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Recombinant DNA technology and its applications. (Same course as Environmental Toxicology 278.) Offered in alternate years.-(I.) Denison, Rice
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3.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours. Prerequisite: coursework in genetics and molecular biology. Foundation in theory and practice of forensic DNA analysis; past, present, and emerging technologies; legal and quality assurance issues. DNA extraction, DNA quantitation, multiplex amplification of STR loci, capillary electrophoresis of amplified products, and analysis of STR typing data. (Same course as Environmental Toxicology 280.)-II. (II.) Von Beroldingen
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2.00 Credits
Lecture-1 hour; laboratory/discussion-3 hours.Prerequisite: consent of instructor; course 278 or 280, or equivalent. Restricted to students enrolled in the M.S. in Forensic Science Program or by consent of Forensic Science Program Director. Overview of the principles underlying forensic DNA typing. Application in the laboratory using techniques to extract, quantify and type human DNA as found in forensic samples. Offered in alternate years.-II.
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3.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours. Analytical methods in contemporary forensic science. Clandestine laboratories in California, crime scene management, examination and analysis of human hair, forensic ballistics/trajectory reconstruction, shoe/tire print impressions, serial number restoration, forensic aspects of alcohol impairment, bloodstain pattern interpretation, microscopy of building materials, biological aspect of forensic science. May be repeated for credit when topic differs.-I, II, III. Howitt
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1.00 Credits
Seminar-3 hours. Students will be exposed to topical areas in Forensic Science by presentations conducted by expert guest speakers. The seminar will also serve as a medium whereby the exiting students will present the research conducted as part of their thesis requirement. May be repeated for credit when topic differs. Restricted to students enrolled in the M.S. in Forensic Science Program. (S/U grading only.)-I, III. (I, III.)
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1.00 Credits
Independent study-1 hour. Individual and/or group conference on problems, progress and techniques in forensic science and research. May be repeated for credit when topic differs. (S/U grading only.)-I, II, III.
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2.00 Credits
Lecture-1.5 hour; extensive writing or discussion-0.5 hours. Prerequisite: graduate students enrolled in the MS Forensic Science program or by consent of instructor. Introduction to identification, formulation, and solution of meaningful scientific problems encountered in the Forensic Science area including experimental design and/or theoretical analysis of new and prevailing techniques, theories and hypotheses. Students will present and defend their thesis research/journal article proposals. Limited enrollment. (S/U grading only.)-III. (III.)
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
(S/U grading only.)
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