Modules

Year One Core: Case Studies in Criminal Justice; Crime Scene Processing; Introduction to Forensic Biology; Introduction to Forensic Chemistry; Practical Forensic Scientific Techniques Year One Optional: Detection and Analysis of Drugs; Fraud and Forgeries; Digital Evidence Processing Year Two Core: Analytical Methods in Forensic Science; Biological Methods in Forensic Science; Designing Research Projects; Marks and Traces Year Two Optional: Chemical and Biological Interactions in Forensics; Firearm Investigations; Forensic Anthropology in the 21st Century; Forensic Archaeology; Vehicle Collision Investigation Year Three: Placement Year Four Core: Collection and Analysis of Scene Evidence; Expert Witness and the Legal System; Forensic Research Project; Modern Forensics Year Four Optional: Forensic Field School; Synthetic Chemistry for Forensic Science; Techniques in the Identification of Human Remains

Assessment method

Your course will provide you with opportunities to test your understanding of your subject informally before you complete the formal assessments that count towards your final mark. Each module normally includes practice or ‘formative’ assessments, for which you receive feedback from your tutor. Practice assessments are developmental and any grades you receive for them do not count towards your module mark. There is a formal or ‘summative’ assessment at the end of each module. This includes a range of coursework assessments, such as essays, reports, portfolios, performance, presentations, final year, independent project and written examinations. The grades from formal assessments count towards your module mark.

Professional bodies

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• The Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences