Forensic Science (Foundation Entry)
UCAS Code: F556
Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Entry requirements
72 UCAS points at A2 including Biology or Chemistry
72 UCAS points including Biology or Chemistry
GCSE/National 4/National 5
5 GCSEs at Grade C/4 or above including Maths and English or equivalent. Equivalent qualifications are Functional Skills Level 2 in Maths and English or Level 3 Key Skills in Maths and Communication.
Pass IB Diploma including 72 UCAS points from HL subjects, including HL Biology or Chemistry
72 UCAS points including Biology, Chemistry or Applied Science
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Applied Science required
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Applied Sciences required
72 UCAS points including Biology or Chemistry
72 UCAS points including Biology, Chemistry or Applied Science
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Including Biology, Chemistry or Applied Science
About this course
Foundation Entry degree courses are designed for students who have the ability to study for a degree, but don’t have the necessary formal qualifications to enter directly onto their chosen Honours degree programme. We pride ourselves on creating forensic scientists who are experts in their area. We’re a forerunner in the country for forensic science and you’ll learn from former practicing forensic scientists and CSIs as well as academics who are leaders in their field. Our course is unique thanks to the 3-star accreditation with the Forensic Science Society and we were the first university to have a suite of dedicated crime scene houses. You’ll gain education and training in forensic investigation; the management and processing of crime scenes, law for forensic scientists and the laboratory-based analysis of evidence, leaving you well placed for specialist employment in areas of forensics, chemistry or biotechnology.
There are several opportunities to get experience either in the voluntary sector or through placements at a number of laboratories and workplaces.
If you are interested in a police career, we encourage you to join the Special Constable service. Those thinking of a laboratory career may wish to explore links with local hospital laboratories for work experience and within the School there are several student internships available each year that will allow you to get involved in a novel research project and gain experience of working within a research environment. Archaeologists within the School of Forensic & Investigative Sciences regularly run digs and those with an interest in Archaeology and Anthropology may want to participate and get additional field-work experience.
Our courses are an excellent basis for employment in this competitive sector. Our graduates are at work in all sorts of forensic science settings - as crime scene investigators, police officers, scientific support personnel and intelligence analysts, at home and overseas.
Modules
Year 1: Skills for Science, Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Mathematics, Physics
Year 2: Compulsory modules; Crime Scene Science, Skills for Forensic Scientists, Introduction to Osteology and Anthropology, Biology for Forensic Scientists, Chemistry for Forensic Scientists. Optional modules; Introduction to Biology, Introduction to Chemistry, Bones Bodies and Burials, Elective
Year 3: Compulsory modules; Criminalistics, Forensic Practice, Forensic Chemistry, Introduction to Forensic Genetics, Law for Forensic Scientists. Optional modules; Death Science, Forensic Anthropology
Year 4: Compulsory modules; Dissertation (double module), Application of Forensic Science, Forensic Genetics, Advances in Forensic Chemistry. Optional modules (choose one) Forensic Medicine, Forensic Toxicology
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University of Central Lancashire
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