Course title

Forensic Science

Pre-requisite

Biology & Chemistry

Course description

Forensic Science is the application of science (chemistry, physics, and biology) through hands-on labs and learning initiatives that will lead students through a foundation of law and criminal justice, history of forensics, and modern scientific advances in the field. Topics include the investigation of fingerprinting, fiber analysis, ballistics, trace evidence analysis, poisons, drugs, blood samples and spatters, behavioral analysis, and the role of computers in Forensics. Students are taught the proper collection, preservation, and laboratory analysis of various samples. Students will participate in 18 hours of lab work. Prerequisite: Biology and Chemistry

School country

United States

School state

Arizona

School city

Phoenix

High school

Phoenix Christian Preparatory School

School / district Address

1751 W Indian School Rd

School zip code

85015

Requested competency code

Lab Science

Date submitted

Deferred

Yes

Deferred date

Deferred Reason

In order to be reviewed as a laboratory science, we will need a list of laboratory experiments completed for this course and number of hours students spend doing laboratory assignments each week.

Expected grade level

11th

Online / Virtual

No