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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Chemistry, B.S., Forensic Chemistry Concentration

Concentration Requirements

Major Area (30 Hours)

CTW Requirement (3 Hours)

CHEM 4000 - Fundamentals of Chemical Analysis-CTW 3 Credit Hours

Major Requirements (18 Hours)

CHEM 2100 - Intermediate Organic Chemistry Laboratory I 2 Credit Hours
CHEM 3110 - Intermediate Organic Chemistry Laboratory II 2 Credit Hours
CHEM 4010 - Instrumental Analysis 3 Credit Hours
CHEM 4190 - Absorption and Fluorescence Spectroscopy 3 Credit Hours
CHEM 4600 - Biochemistry I 5 Credit Hours

Select one course

CHEM 4150 - Introduction to Biophysical Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
CHEM 4110 - Chemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics 3 Credit Hours

Major Electives (9 Hours)

Select any three 3000-level or higher chemistry courses. The following courses are recommended for the forensic chemistry concentration:

CHEM 3200 - College to Career and Research in Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
CHEM 3400 - Structure and Reactivity of Biomolecules 3 Credit Hours
CHEM 4050 - Introduction to Fourier-Transform NMR Spectroscopy 2 Credit Hours
CHEM 4210 - Inorganic Chemistry I 3 Credit Hours
CHEM 4240 - Chemical Biology 3 Credit Hours
CHEM 4330 - Advanced Synthesis 3 Credit Hours
CHEM 4400 - Mechanistic Organic Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
CHEM 4410 - Spectrometric Identification of Organic Compounds 3 Credit Hours

Concentration Area (20 Hours)

CHEM 4700 - Forensic Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
CHEM 4710 - Forensic Chemistry Laboratory 2 Credit Hours
CRJU 4415 - Evidence-Based Cybersecurity 3 Credit Hours
CRJU 4425 - Cybercrime Investigations 3 Credit Hours
CRJU 4760 - Criminal Procedure 3 Credit Hours
CRJU 4770 - Criminal Evidence 3 Credit Hours
CRJU 4110 - Criminal Investigations 3 Credit Hours

Remaining Electives (9+ Credit Hours)

The remaining 9+ credit hours to fulfill the 120 credit hour requirement can come from these courses:

ANTH 4370 - Forensic Anthropology 3 Credit Hours
CRJU 3020 - Research Methods in Criminal Justice 3 Credit Hours
CRJU 3405 - Digital Crime Problem 3 Credit Hours
CRJU 3410 - Criminological Theory 3 Credit Hours
CRJU 3610 - Statistical Analyses in Criminal Justice 3 Credit Hours
CRJU 4050 - Wrongful Convictions 3 Credit Hours
CRJU 4110 - Criminal Investigations 3 Credit Hours
CRJU 4170 - Victimology 3 Credit Hours
CRJU 4405 - Cybercrime 3 Credit Hours
CRJU 4460 - Serial killers 3 Credit Hours
CRJU 4470 - Mass Murders 3 Credit Hours
CRJU 4780 - Criminal Law 3 Credit Hours
CRJU 4900 - Selected Topics in Criminal Justice 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 4350 - Social Justice I: Framework 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 4351 - Social Justice II: Praxis 1 to 3 Credit Hours