BSc Forensic Science
Entry requirements
A level: BBC in three A Levels including C in Chemistry or Biology. IB: 554 in three Higher Levels including 4 in Chemistry or Biology, or 29 points including 4 in Higher Level Chemistry or Biology.
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Archaeology, covering forensic science disciplines including crime scene investigation, forensic chemistry, and digital forensics. Core topics include programming, statistics, laboratory techniques, research methods, and critical and analytical thinking. The course includes optional placement years and offers pathway specialisation in forensic biology, forensic chemistry, crime scene investigation, or digital forensics. A supervised final-year research project is completed as part of the degree.
Modules
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- The Forensic Science Professional Toolkit
- Forensic Chemistry: Molecules under Investigation
- Forensic Investigation: From Documents to DNA
- Forensic Science Career Planning and Employability Skills
- Programming for Forensic Scientists
- Science and Society
- Crime Scenes: Blood, Marks and Prints
- Forensic Genetics: DNA and Crime
- Chemical Analysis and Detection
- Forensic Anthropology: Decomposition and Skeletal Analysis
- Drugs of Abuse
- Counterfeits, Fakes and Forgeries
- Digital Forensics: Crime and Technology
- Flexible Work Placement (Level 5)
- Crime Scene to Court
- Explosives, Arson and Evidence
- Forensic Toxicology: Ingestion to Detection
- Forensic Science Research Project
- Environmental and Wildlife Forensics
- Topics in Forensic Biology
- Marks and Traces Examination
- Digital Forensics: Applications and Examinations
- Forensic Chemical Analysis: Instrumentation and Evaluation
- Flexible Work Placement (Level 6)
- Professional Experience in Education