FORENSICS & HONORS FORENSICS
Grades 11, 12
Recommended Prerequisites: Physics & Chemistry
Forensic science is the application of various scientific disciplines to the law and legal investigation itself. This course will introduce select methodologies and applications used in the forensic context. Topics discussed include chemical and physics-based analyses of physical evidence, principles of serology and DNA analysis, ballistics, arson, fingerprint analysis, drug analysis, and document examination.
Here is a link to the curriculum overview, syllabus and chapter by chapter assignments.
A PDF of the Bertino textbook "Forensic Science - Fundamentals and Investigations - 2009 student edition" is available here. It is a large file.
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