The University of Mississippi is located in Oxford and enrolls 18,344 students, as of February 2011. UM's forensic science program is part of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Students earn a bachelor of science in forensic chemistry upon completion of the program. The undergraduate program is accredited by the American Association of Forensic Science. University of Mississippi forensic science majors have become forensic dentists, toxicologists, FBI investigators, forensic pharmacists and criminal investigators, among other career paths. Courses at UM include advanced instrumental analysis, forensic DNA analysis and biophysical chemistry.
University of Central Florida is located in southern Orlando and enrolls 56,235 students as of fall 2010. UCF also hosts the National Center for Forensic Science (NCFS), a Florida Type II Research Center. This university offers a bachelor of science in forensic science. The central goal of the program at UCF is to prepare the student to "scientifically examine physical evidence gathered at the scene of a suspect action," according to the university's website. There are two tracks in UCF's forensic science program: analysis and biochemistry. Analysis students take courses like applied physical chemistry and trace evidence while biochemistry students take courses like quantitative biological methods and forensic biochemistry.
Loyola University New Orleans' forensic chemistry program began in 1999. Students earn a bachelor of science degree in chemistry with a "focus on forensic analytical techniques used both in the field and in the laboratory," according to Loyola's website. Forensic science majors at Loyola take two advanced courses in analytical forensic chemistry and complete a six week internship at a nearby crime laboratory. Other courses in the forensic science program include organic chemistry, criminalistics, cells and heredity, and techniques in biochemistry.
Michigan State University is located in East Lansing and enrolls 47,131 students, as of February 2011. MSU's School of Criminal Justice began the forensic science degree in 1946. The school has three concentrations available: forensic biology, forensic anthropology and forensic chemistry. MSU maintains top-scale laboratories dedicated to DNA analysis, osteological exams and polarized light microscopy, among other purposes. "Research resources and internship placements" are available to students at the nearby laboratory headquarters of the Michigan State Police Forensic Science Division, according to MSU's website. This university also has a master of science degree in forensic science, but graduate students take classes through many other schools and colleges, as well.