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Crime Scene Technology Certificate

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Jan 19th, 2012

Crime Scene Technology

Major Code:
5753
Award:
Certificate
First Term:
2007 Fall
Description:
The Certificate of Completion (CCL) in Crime Scene Technology prepares students for careers as police or civilian crime scene technicians. The program provides comprehensive instruction in crime scene photography, fingerprint classification and processing, crime scene search techniques, chemical processing of evidence, packaging evidence, and related skills.
Credits: 16-18
Total Credits:
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Program Prerequisites:
None
Credits: 16-18
Required Courses:
 
AJS213 
Evidence Technology/Fingerprints 
3 
 
AJS214 
Evidence Technology/Photography 
3 
 
AJS216 
Criminalistics: Biological Evidence (3) OR 
 
FOR106 
Forensic Science: Biological Evidence (4) 
3-4 
 
AJS215 
Criminalistics: Physical Evidence (3) OR 
 
AJS219 
Crime Scene Technology: Physical Evidence (3) 
 
FOR105 
Forensic Science: Physical Evidence (4) 
3-4 
 +
AJS242 
Crime Scene Processing 
3 
 
AJS290BN 
Courtroom Testimony Seminar 
1 
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Restricted Electives:
None
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Free Electives:
None
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General Education Requirement:
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General Education Core:
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First-Year Composition:
None
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Oral Communication:
None
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Critical Reading:
None
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Mathematics:
None
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General Education Distribution:
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Humanities and Fine Arts:
None
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Social and Behavioral Sciences:
None
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Natural Sciences:
None
Program Competencies:
  1. Use the appropriate techniques to identify, interpret and classify fingerprints and explain the problems associated with the development of latent prints. (AJS213)
  2. Identify and explain the problems related to the preservation of evidence and the chain of evidence. (AJS213, AJS214, AJS215, AJS216, AJS219, FOR105, FOR106)
  3. Use photography and other appropriate equipment and techniques to identify and preserve different types of evidence. (AJS214)
  4. Practice crime scene and traffic accident photography. (AJS214)
  5. Identify and use appropriate scientific methods to investigate, recognize, collect and preserve various types of physical evidence. (AJS215, AJS219, FOR105)
  6. Identify and use appropriate scientific methods to investigate, recognize, collect and preserve various types of biological evidence. (AJS216, FOR106)
  7. Identify and use appropriate procedures and technology to protect and process crime scenes, search for, collect and preserve physical and biological information at the scene, and conduct field tests. (AJS242)
  8. Demonstrate proper courtroom demeanor and describe the role and function of the witness and legal counsel in a courtroom. (AJS290BN)
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