Grossmont offers either a certificate or an associate's degree in Administration of Justice that you can refine to specialize in Forensic Technology. The nice thing is that you can complete the course requirements for the certificate, and then if you decide, take the additional 15 hours of courses (in elective work and general education) to get the full Associate's degree.
The certificate (and the start of the Associate's degree) requires the completion of 13 3- or 4-hour courses. They cover broad, general topics in criminal justice, including fingerprint ID, forensic photography, criminal law, forensic evidence procedures, introduction to criminal investigations, the technology behind forensic analysis, and the principles of biology and chemistry. The program recommends two electives: internships and human anatomy.
California State University, Stanislaus
Undergrad in Criminal Justice with Forensic Science concentration - Cal State Stanislaus
At Cal State Stanislaus, the Sociology and Criminal Justice Depts. put their heads together and came up with an interdisciplinary program to create a BA degree in criminal justice, with specialty courses on a variety of forensic science issues that will qualify you for an entry-level position in the field.
To get your Bachelors in CJ with an emphasis in Forensic Science, here's how you do it. First, you have to complete the university's 51 general requirement units. These are your standard education backbone courses that are required throughout the university. Second, there are 5 prerequisites of the major that you have to knock down: Intro to Criminal Justice; Evidence; Criminal Investigations; Criminal Law; and Criminal Court Processes. Third, to complete the Forensic Science concentration, you have to finish more than 48 upper-division units in the field. These courses include General Chemistry, Human Genetics, Statistics and Adjustment Psychology. The concentration courses cover the fields of Forensic Psychology, your CJ Internship, Criminal Evidence and the Law, Criminal Psych, General Criminalistics, Forensic Chemistry, DNA and Evidence Procedure.