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Requirement: Meets HS graduation requirement; UC/CSU ?g? requirement
Forensic science is the application of basic biological; chemical and physical science principles and technological practices to the purposes of justice in the study of criminal and civil issues. In this class; emphasis is on understanding the underlying scientific theories of forensic science; with special emphasis on the basics of chemistry. The class will build upon the student?s prior knowledge of biology and chemistry; using analytical chemistry techniques to analyze and identify trace evidence; including DNA. Students will evaluate the constituents of materials by organic; inorganic; and biochemical analysis; and use their academic and laboratory skills to develop a deeper understanding of science. This class prepares students to further their science education at the university level; and introduces them to the possibilities of a science related career. Major themes of study in this course are pathology; anthropology; odontology; ballistics; trace evidence; biological fluids; DNA; fingerprints; impression evidence; questioned documents and forensic psychiatry/psychology.

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• LINT
• Integrated science

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Online / Virtual