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| ENTM 12800 - Investigating Forensic Science |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Designed for both forensic science majors and non-majors, this course will provide an overview of the issues affecting the study and practice of forensic science as defined by the National Academy of Science 2009 report: "Strengthening Forensic Science". Using a mixture of popular media (film, television, news articles) as well as more conventional academic peer-reviewed articles, students will learn how the scientific method is applied to forensic investigations including; identifying pseudoscience, crime lab procedures, DNA evidence, errors in thinking and problem solving, types of fraud, and the influence of the "CSI Effect". Typically offered Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Entomology Course Attributes: Lower Division, GTC-Science, Tech & Society, UC-Science, Tech & Society May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize basic phases of science and the procedural steps of the scientific method and explain the difference between the two. 2. Recognize the difference between science and pseudoscience and how poor forensic science impacts the application of law. 3. Understand how basic procedural issues affect crime labs. 4. Recognize how a need for confidence in measurement impacts the scientific method and how this need shapes the current paradigm in forensic science. 5. Recall basic tenants of DNA evidence. 6. Understand the primacy of DNA evidence under the current paradigm of forensic science compared to other forensic science disciplines. |
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