2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Forensic Science, B.S.


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Admission Requirements for Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science

To be accepted into the Forensic Science program, applicants must meet the following criteria:

  1. Applicants must have completed at least 30 credit hours.  
  2. Applicant must have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher.
  3. Applicants must have earned a minimum grade of “C” in the following mathematics and science courses, with a maximum of two repeated courses.
    1. CHEM 141 / CHEM 141L  -  BIOL 150  / BIOL 150L  (8)
    2. MATH 129  (3)

Other Program Requirements for Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science

  • Student must earn a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher overall and a “C” or better in all major courses.
  • Transfer credit: A maximum of 60 hours of transfer credits will be accepted towards the Forensic Science degree. No credit will be accepted for science and mathematics courses taken more than ten (10) years earlier.

Program Requirements

Core Requirements: Minimum of 39 credits in the core curriculum required of all students. Students who enter as first-time freshmen must take an entering freshman and rising junior assessment to complete core requirements.

Graduation Requirements: All graduating seniors are required to complete the Graduating Senior Assessment after completing 90 or more semester hours (including credit by examination), but not later than the graduation semester.

University College Core Curriculum: 39 Credits


Transitional Studies - University Studies: 2 Credits


UNIV 101 -UNIV 102  required for all first time students; UNIV 110  required for transfer students with fewer than 30 transfer credits. Students do not earn credit if requirement is waived. UNIV 111  may be required based on academic performance.

Select one option from the following:

Communication Skills - Written Communication: 3 Credits


Communication Skills - Oral Communication: 3 Credits


Select one from the following:

Information Literacy: 3 Credits


Reasoning Skills - Critical Thinking: 3 Credits


Not required for students with 60+ transfer credits. Students do not earn credit if requirement is waived.

Reasoning Skills - Quantitative Reasoning: 3 Credits


MATH 121  may be required based on profile scores. Some core courses require a one-hour lab.

Scientific Literacy - Natural Sciences: 8 Credits


At least one natural science class must include its associated lab. Some majors require two lab sciences, increasing requirement to 8 credits.

Program Requirements: 83 Credits


Total Credit Hours: 122


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