BS in Forensic Science
Middle Tennessee State is offering an upcoming bachelor of science in forensic science, with concentrations available in three areas: biostatistics, biotechnology and health care informatics.
Forensic Accounting
The accounting department at Middle Tennessee State offers a 3-credit course on Accountancy and Fraud Auditing. This is a higher level course, so it's not the place you would go to get a general overview of accounting; you'll need to have a moderate background already before you start (or at least the permission of the instructor of completion of External Auditing I or Internal Auditing). With these under your belt, though, this course will give you a great introduction to some more non-traditional aspects of accounting, including litigation, business interruptions, fraud prevention and detection of fraudulent intent.
Tennessee State University
Teacher Training in Forensic Science
Tennessee State University offers high school teachers the chance to work at the Biotechnology and Forensic Science Summer Institute learning about various crime scene investigation and forensic lab techniques they can take back to their classrooms and teach their kids. The courses are all free, and everything is paid. The course runs over various 5-day periods throughout the summer, and is held for two groups of 20-teachers. This is definitely something to check out; people pay thousands of dollars for the kind of training that is being offered here for free. Who says teaching doesn't pay?
Tennessee Tech University
Computer Forensics Lab
Tennessee Tech University has a state-of-the-art computer forensics lab in Cookeville, TN, hidden away in one of the school's academic buildings. If you're interested, the lab's coordinator creates mock digital evidence cases that you can do, to get a sense if computer forensics or digital evidence examination is something you may want to pursue later, either as a career or in school. Actual casework takes place here as well, under the auspices of the lab's director.