Forensic Pathology Graduate Degrees

Virginia Commonwealth University

• Virginia Commonwealth University's Forensic Science department has provided a graduate program since 1978, offering a program focusing on the criminal issues within the field. The program boasts personal course instruction, lab opportunities, and preparation in finding employment in a lab, private sector, and/or government setting. Courses include Forensic Evidence and Criminal Procedure, and Forensic Microscopy, as part of the program's 24-credit foundation prerequisite. Students also must choose from either the Forensic Biology, Forensic Chemistry/Drug analysis and Toxicology, Forensic Chemistry/Trace analysis, or Forensic Physical tracks of study. There is also an internship component.

  Virginia Commonwealth University

  Department of Forensic Science

  P.O. Box 843079

  Richmond, VA 23284-3079

  804-828-8420

  has.vcu.edu

Boston University School of Medicine

• Boston University School of Medicine's Biomedical Forensic Sciences department offers a Masters of Forensic Sciences. The program provides a focus on a crime-based module, allowing graduates the opportunity to seek employment in crime analysis and as fatality examiners, for example. Students participate in taught course options as well as lab-based options, in which a student must complete four credits. Lab courses include Forensic Instrumental Analysis Laboratory, Forensic Biology Laboratory, Forensic DNA Analysis Laboratory, and Trace Evidence Analysis Laboratory. Core coursework includes Criminal Law and Ethics, Crime Scene Investigation, and Forensic Pathology, of which there are 26 required credits. Classes focusing on criminal law are taught at BU's law school, providing students with an opportunity to study under those familiar with the legal system.

  Biomedical Forensic Sciences

  Boston University School of Medicine

  72 E. Concord St., R806

  Boston MA 02118

  617-638-1950

  bumc.bu.edu

University of California-Davis

• The University of California-Davis offers a graduate program in Forensic Science. Two degree options are available, classified as Plan I and Plan II; those pursuing the Plan II option undertake a number of courses beyond those of Plan I, including a thesis. Both programs mandate a completion of 48 quarter hours, with required courses including Fundamental Concepts of Forensic Science, Personal Identification Methods in Forensic Science, and Homicide Crime Scene Investigation. Students take courses at one of three city locations: the Da Vinci Center, UC Davis, or the Contract Compliance Inspections building. The Graduate Record Examination, or GRE, is not always required but may be necessary if the GPA does not meet standard entry requirements.

  Forensic Science Graduate Program

  1333 Research Park Dr.

  Davis, CA 95618

  530-754-4013

  ucdavis.edu

IUPUI

• Indiana University--Purdue University Indianapolis, offers a master's level degree in Forensic Science. The program may be pursued either full- or part-time, and requires 35 credit-hours of coursework. Courses include Legal Issues in Forensic Science--focusing on pathology, toxicology, and other issues; Law and Forensic Science; and Professional and Ethical Issues in Forensic Science. Students engage in a focus of biology or chemistry, in relation to forensics. There are also thesis or project components, depending on whether a student holds at full- or part-time status. The program also offers internship prospects.

  Forensic and Investigative Sciences Program at IUPUI

  402 North Blackford St. LD 326

  Indianapolis, IN 46202-3267

  317-274-6882

  iupui.edu