Meharry Medical College
Forensic Pathology
Meharry Medical College offers a 900-level (yep, no kidding) course on forensic pathology. Designed for students in the fourth year of medical school, it can help you determine if you really want to work in pathology once you graduate. In general, the course will teach you to explain in detail the differences between natural and unnatural death. While there are no official prerequisites for the course, they do recomenda that you take the Surgical Pathology elective before enrolling. Bear in mind that to take this course, you will rotate through the Forensic Science Center in Madison, Tennessee.
Middle Tennessee State University
CSI: Forensic Science Camp
Middle Tennessee State offers a 3-day summer camp for high school students on crime scene investigation, forensic analysis and forensic science techniques.
Forensic Skeletal Scenes
If you're interested in pathology, or crime scene reconstruction involving analysis of recovered bones, then take a look at Middle Tennessee's Forensic Institute for Research and Education's Forensic Skeletal Scenes - Search, Recovery and Documentation of Evidence. The course covers the types of things you need to know to determine the sex, size, age and ethnicity of the bones recovered from decades-old crime scenes.
Seizing and Securing Digital Evidence
The FIRE center at Middle Tennessee State offers an introductory course (P.O.S.T. approved) on the basics of computer forensics and digital forensics. In the course, you'll learn everything you need to get a good understanding if computer forensics is something you would like to pursue as a career. Discussed are topics about the proper chain of custody documents, how to seize evidence on the scene, how to hand a computer that is powered up when you discover it, versus one that is turned off, and finally how to use the tools in your lab (whether Encase, FTK or open-source alternatives) to analyze the data. Doing it right the first time is critical, especially when it comes time to present the evidence at court and you have defense attorneys pick you apart!