Connecticut CSI Training
Central Connecticut State University
Forensic Chemistry
CCSU offers an introductory, 100-level undergraduate course on Introduction to Forensic Chemistry for students with a Criminology major or minor. This is not a course for chemistry majors, however -- if you have taken or plan to take intro chemistry, you can't get credit for this. But if you're a Criminology students, this course is great in that it only required introductory criminology and intro math (or testing out).
In the course, you'll look at the types of chemistry techniques that are performed by forensic chemists, the types of evidence that can be analyzed, and the kind of results that can be achieved and presented in court. This is a combo lecture and lab course, with three hours of lecture and three hours of lab per week.
Charter Oak State College
Intro to Forensic Science
Charter Oak offers a distance learning course on the basics of forensic science. While the course cannot be used toward the Science concentration, it does offer you a good introduction to the field if you're interested in the field.
The criminal justice course lasts 15 weeks, and is delivered entirely online. You'll get the basic principles of forensic science, and how the lab techniques work in conjunction with the court system. Topics will include crime scene investigation (CSI), evidence collection and handling, analysis of glass, soil, hair, fiber, plant and ballistic evidence, as well as the instrumental techniques used to analyze these. More than anything, the course will let you know what the limits of modern forensic science are, helping to dispel the myths propagated by television shows that promise DNA results in 20 minutes.
Western Connecticut State University
Intro to Forensics
WCSU offers a 200-level introductory course for undergraduates, looking specifically at evidence college, lab techniques, crime scene investigation. All manner of trace evidence collection is studied, including hair, body fluids, fiber, glass and soil analysis. Specialty topics you'll study include forensic document analysis, firearms and ballistics, crime scene photography, as well as crime scene documentation and reconstruction.