What Colleges Offer Forensic Sciences As a Major?

University of Mississippi

• The University of Mississippi's Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry offers a bachelor of science degree in Forensic Chemistry that combines courses in chemistry and physics with those in criminal justice and pharmacology, with opportunities to take several social science courses. A chemistry internship in a crime laboratory during the summer between the junior and senior year is required. A Forensic Chemistry degree requires 46 to 49 hours of upper-level chemistry courses with 36 hours in residence.

  University of Mississippi
  Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
  332 Coulter Hall
  University, MS 38677
  662-915-7301
  olemiss.edu

University of Central Florida

• The Department of Chemistry at the University of Central Florida (UCF) offers two tracks for its bachelor of science degree in Forensic Science: Analysis and Biochemistry. The Forensic Science core curriculum for both tracks consists of 18 hours of forensic science courses, including two hours of lab and four hours of internship. The Analysis track requires 28 hours of advanced chemistry, anthropology, and genetics courses. The Biochemistry track requires 30 hours of advanced biochemistry, microbiology, and molecular biology courses. Two of the several research institutes housed at UCF foster the kind of research germane to forensic science: the Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center, and the Biomolecular Science Center.

  University of Central Florida
  4000 Central Florida Blvd.
  Chemistry Building (CH) 117
  Orlando, FL 32816
  407-823-2246
  chemistry.cos.ucf.edu

Loyola University Chicago

• The bachelor of science degree in Forensic Science at Loyola University Chicago requires 62 hours of chemistry, physics, biology and anthropology lab science courses, 10 hours of criminal justice and courses in biostatistics, calculus, public speaking and critical thinking. Forensic Science majors take lab science courses in the Quinlan Life Science Education and Research Center, which opened in 2005. The Program in Forensic Science coordinates internships for all seniors with the Illinois State Police Forensic Science Center as well as federal and local crime labs in Chicago.

  Loyola University Chicago
  Program in Forensic Science
  College of Arts & Sciences
  820 N. Michigan Ave.
  Lewis Tower, 9th Floor
  Chicago, IL 60611
  773-508-3676
  luc.edu