Wesley College
Forensic Psychology
Wesley college, located in Dover, is Wesley's oldest private college. They offer forensics classes in Forensic Psychology for students interested in pursuing the field after graduation. The 300-level course in the psychology department will give you a good introduction to the field, looking at behavioral profiling, the fitness of criminals to stand trial and for parolees to be released into the public. This class will give you a good framework to understand the field, and make an informed decision about whether forensic psychology or forensic psychiatry is something you might want to take on later in graduate school or medical school.
Wilmington University
Introduction to Computer Forensics
Wilmington offers a couple hands-on training course in computer forensics, teaching you the basics of what you need to know to start a computer-based investigation. The class begins with a general introduction to digital forensics, looking at the tools that are out there, the concepts and how evidence should be collected, handled and documented. In particular, you'll learn how to mirror image and magnetic media in a way that does not damage the original; verify that your working copy is identical to the original, sufficient to satisfy a court of law; and analyze the forensic data without altering it or damaging it.
You can take this course with a single pre-requisite, MIS320, or with the permission of the instructor.
Forensic Psychology
Wilmington offers a 300-level course in forensic psychology, combining 35 hours of class work with 5 hours of a structured external assignment. It is designed to give you a general overview of the field, at least enough to decide if forensic psychology is something you would like to do as a forensic scientist or later in forensic graduate school.
Individual topics you'll study are the psychology behind selecting and training police officers, police interrogation techniques and confessions, criminal and behavioral profiling, the fallacy of eye-witness accounts, preparation for trial and jury selection.
