Forensic Science

Successful Forensic Science majors at Fairmont State University will be proficient in problem solving, legal analysis and application, quantitative reasoning, investigation, and scientific laboratory procedures

A number of educational elements must be covered in a Forensic Science program. The Forensic Science curriculum at Fairmont includes courses in forensic sciences, biology, chemistry, physics, and math.

A Forensic Science degree is ideal for immediate employment or advanced study. Combining a Forensic Science degree with degrees in chemistry, biology, math, business, foreign languages or psychology makes graduates highly marketable.

Career Opportunities

The annual median wage for a Forensic Science Technician is $47,680.00, and the projected need for this career field is expected to increase by 21% until 2016. Forensic Science students who go directly into the workforce are often:

Medical Examiner
Criminalists
Forensic Anthropologists
Forensic Chemists
Forensic Pathologists
Toxicologists

Mission

Our mission as a forensic science program is to develop professional, ethical graduates whose competence in problem-solving, legal analysis and application, quantitative reasoning, investigation and scientific laboratory procedures can be applied to immediate employment or advanced study.

Contact Info

Dr. Mark Flood

Coordinator Department of Natural Sciences

117 Hunt Haught Hall

304-367-4309

mflood@fairmontstate.edu

Model Schedule

Forensic Science Model Schedule

Additional Resources

Day in the Life of a Forensic Science Student (VIDEO)

Forensic and Investigative Science Minor

American Academy of Forensic Sciences

(2005) ‘Crime House’ Provides Hands-on Experience

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Develop critical thinking and analysis in a stepwise fashion that builds through the sequence of courses.
Develop problem-solving skills in a stepwise fashion that builds through the sequence of courses.
Culminate in a capstone course experience that requires synthesis of diverse skills and abilities in the solution of a real problem.
Laboratory skills to exacting standards of precision and care, including spectroscopic and wet chemical methods of analysis, microscopy, molecular biotechnologic methods, comparative, and preparation of solution/standards.
Approach analysis of evidence without bias.
Develop a conceptual understanding of criminal justice system, rules of evidence, legal system.
Graduates are competitive for application to professional schools, graduate programs.
Graduates are competitive for employment in a field that uses their degree.
Develop oral and written communication skills through the sequence of courses, with particular attention to development of the ability to present technical information without bias, at a variety of levels.
Develop the ability to use diplomacy and professionalism in group interactions throughout the sequence of courses.
Produce graduates who demonstrate ethical backgrounds and who can articulate the ethical and professional standards of the discipline.
Graduates perform at a satisfactory level on standardized exams chosen to measure their performance.

Forensic Science

Career Opportunities

Mission

Contact Info

Dr. Mark Flood

Model Schedule

Additional Resources

#forensics

Program Goals

Educational Objectives