Forensic Investigation (with a Foundation Year)
University of Staffordshire
UCAS Code: FM13 | Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
University of Staffordshire
UCAS Code: FM13 | Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
About this course
Our Forensic Investigation degree gives you the skills required for a career with the police, forensic providers, or investigative and intelligence agencies.
Our Forensic Investigation degrees are ideal for those who have a strong interest in criminalistics, forensics, crime scene science and evidence analysis. We will equip you for a career working with the police, a forensic provider or any other investigative or intelligence agency, such as the Home Office, HM Customs and Excise. Our industry standard facilities include a crime scene house, specialist laboratories and equipment to give you practical skills and knowledge for when you graduate.
The Foundation Year option is available for those who may not have the academic profile for direct entry onto the 3-year degree. It will prepare you for the Forensic Investigation degree by studying modules such as Crime in Context and Theories of Criminality.
The Foundation year is taught with the City of Stoke on Trent Sixth Form College, so you will be on the Staffordshire University Stoke on Trent campus and the college's campus for the first year.
On successful completion of study, we will issue the following award: BSc (Hons) Forensic Investigation
Modules
Foundation Year: Academic Skills; Crime in Context; Introduction to Critical Thinking and Argument; Sociology of Crime; Theories of Criminality and an Introduction from Crime Scene to Courtroom
Year One Core: Case Studies in Criminal Justice; Crime Scene Processing; Digital Evidence Processing; Introduction to Forensic Science Techniques; Policing Theory
Year One Optional: Detection and Analysis of Drugs; Fraud and Forgeries; Missing Persons Investigation
Year Two Core: Advanced Digital Evidence Processing; Bodies of Evidence; Designing Research Projects; Investigative Skills; Marks and Traces
Year Two Optional: Chemical and Biological Interactions in Forensics; Firearm Investigations; Forensic Anthropology in the 21st Century; Forensic Archaeology; Vehicle Collision Investigation
Year Three Core: Collection and Analysis of Scene Evidence; Expert Witness and the Legal System; Forensic Research Project; Modern Forensics
Year Three Optional: Forensic Advice Clinic; Forensic Field School; Intelligence Led Policing and Major Crime Investigation; Mass Death Scenarios
Assessment methods
Your course will provide you with opportunities to test your understanding of your subject informally before you complete the formal assessments that count towards your final mark. Each module normally includes practice or ‘formative’ assessments, for which you receive feedback from your tutor. Practice assessments are developmental and any grades you receive for them do not count towards your module mark. There is a formal or ‘summative’ assessment at the end of each module. This includes a range of coursework assessments, such as essays, reports, portfolios, performance, presentations, final year, independent project and written examinations. The grades from formal assessments count towards your module mark.
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University of Staffordshire (Stoke Campus)
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