California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo
Forensic Computer Examiner (Online) - Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
CalPoly offers a comprehensive online Computer Forensics Examiner program designed to prepare you for the primary certification for computer forensics examiners, the Certified Computer Examiner (CCE). Unlike many other programs, this one lets you enroll at any time and start the training right away. The course is entirely online, and does not require any visits to campus. It costs about $3100 to enroll.
California State University, Channel Islands
Forensic Chemistry - Cal State Channel Islands
CSUCI's chemistry department offers a 300-level undergraduate course, with 2 hours of forensic chemistry lecture per week and three hours of lab. You'll learn the various lab techniques involved in analyzing evidence from crime scenes: chromatography, mass spec, atomic absorption, IR, UV, X-ray spectroscopy, fingerprints, firearms, DNA, and toxicology.
California State University, Chico
Certificate in Forensic Identification - Cal State Chico
Cal State Chico offers nearly 20 courses in forensic anthropology, not to mention staffing a full forensic recovery lab regularly used for human remains identification, dental analysis, and case work. Chico offers a Forensic Identification Certificate program that gives undergraduates the opportunity to get into entry-level positions in forensics. Likewise, at the graduate level, the certificate gives more advanced students the opportunity to refine the skills they already have.
In order to qualify for the Certificate Program, students must be enrolled in a bachelor's program at the same time they are pursuing the certificate, or they must already have a bachelor's degree. The core requirements are 27 to 38 units, mostly in physical anthropology, field archaeology, human identification, and the legal system. The more run-of-the-mill courses are in general chemistry, organic chemistry, quantitative analysis, electron microscopy. You will also have to complete a course in comparative anatomy of vertebrates.