Forensic Science Program 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.  

 

Forensic Science Program Goals:

• Produce professional graduates with
• Critical thinking and analysis abilities
• Laboratory skills to exacting standards of precision and care
• Problem-solving skills
• Ability to apply diverse information to solve a real problem
• Conceptual understanding of criminal justice system
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Professional demeanor
• Obtain and maintain program accreditation
• Sustain an average of 5 graduates per year.
• Prepare students for post baccalaureate study or employment.

Forensic Science Educational Objectives:

• Develop criitical 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.