The College of Liberal Arts at GCU allows you up to 12 credit hours to be applied toward your undergraduate minor in Crime Scene Technology. To let you complete this, the university has a number of courses. The two general criminalistics courses look at evidence gathering techniques, trace evidence, arson and explosive evidence, fingerprints and firearms. This is a 300-level course. These courses are associated with a lab component, where you get hands-on training looking at tool-mark evidence, questioned documents, impression evidence, blood spatter and toxicological samples. GCU also offers a 300-level course on forensic photography, using pictures and other visual aids to preserve fingerprints, footwear imprints and impressions. The course also generally covers crime scene and vehicle accident photography. Also available for the minor in crime scene technology is a course on crime scene documentation, where students learn how to make rough sketches of crime scenes, the locations where evidence is recovered, and then convert these drawings to accurate representations in Computer-Assisted Design (CAD) software for appropriate display and analysis in court.
Northcentral University
Forensic Science Evidence - Northcentral U.
Northcentral offers a couple criminal justice courses on evidence, which can be used to fulfill various requirements and areas of emphasis for its degree programs. The first is a general survey course, looking at evidence collection, preservation and evaluation, with an eye toward presentation of the information in a legal courtroom setting. The second looks specifically at the branches of forensics, which might be useful to find out what areas interest you for pursuing as a career. Discussed are fingerprints, digital imaging and photography, questions documents, ballistics, firearms and toolmarks identification, DNA, microscopy and trace evidence. Forensic medicine is also discuss, for those with an interest in pursuing a career as a toxicologist or medical examiner. Specifically, you'll study forensic odontology, radiology, toxicology and pathology, and prepare a formal project report for the course.