Modules

Year One Core: Case Studies in Criminal Justice; Crime Scene Processing; Digital Evidence Processing; Introduction to Forensic Science Techniques; Policing Theory Year One Optional: Detection and Analysis of Drugs; Fraud and Forgeries; Missing Persons Investigation Year Two Core: Advanced Digital Evidence Processing; Bodies of Evidence; Designing Research Projects; Investigative Skills; 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 Core: Collection and Analysis of Scene Evidence; Expert Witness and the Legal System; Forensic Research Project; Modern Forensics Year Three Optional: Forensic Advice Clinic; Forensic Field School; Intelligence Led Policing and Major Crime Investigation; Mass Death Scenarios

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