| source UC Davis (X) |
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department Forensic Science (A Graduate Group) (18) |
Lecture—2 hours; fieldwork—0.25 hours; lecture/laboratory—0.25 hours; seminar—0.5 hours. Overview of forensic science. Problem definition, strategies for problem solving, analytical tools, and professional and ethical considerations.II. (II.)—Sensabaugh
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Lecture—2 hours; seminar—1 hours. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Introduction to optical and electron microscopy. Transmission, diffraction, reflection and absorption; polarized light and polarizing crystals; phase contrast. radiography; image recording, SEM analysis of gunshot residues, paints, glass. EDS, XRF analysis, signal-to-noise ratios, minimum detectable levels and homogeneity. Restricted to students enrolled in the M.S. in Forensic Science Program. As a minimum, year each of the following chemistry, organic chemistry, calculus, & physics. Offered in alternate years.—III. Howitt
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Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: restricted to students enrolled in the M.S. Forensic Science Program or consent of instructor. Methods for identifying individuals from evidence collected at crime scenes, suspects or victims, crime scene examination and analytical methods used to support such investigations. Topics include forensic anthropology and odontology; latent prints; shoe prints; facial reconstruction/ recognition; eyewitness identifications; biometric systems. Offered in alternate years.—III. (III.) Thornton
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Lecture—2 hours; discussion—1 hours. Prerequisite: graduate students enrolled in the MS Forensic Science program or by consent of instructor. Explores the relationship between science and the criminal justice system. Admissibility of scientific testimony and documentary proof during the trial, concepts of relevancy, hearsay and opinion rule, examination of expert witnesses, impact of Kelley-Fry and Daubert decisions & court testimony.—III. (III.)
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Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: open only to students enrolled in the M.S. Forensic Science program or by consent of the Forensic Science Program Director. Principles and techniques of scientific investigation of fires and related crimes; offer peer-reviewed protocols for processing fire and explosion scenes; discuss recognition, collection, analysis of physical evidence, and describe the scientific method for decision-making in fire/arson investigation. Offered in alternate years—(III.) DeHaan
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Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: coursework in organic chemistry. Principles of microanalysis of toxicants. Theoretical considerations regarding separation, detection and quantitative determination of toxicants using chemical and instrumental techniques. (Same course as Environmental Toxicology 220.)—I. (I.) Seiber, Wood
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Lecture/discussion—1 hour; laboratory—3 hours. Methodology and instruments used for the analysis of substances of interest in the discipline of Forensic Science. Practical experience with modern instrumental techniques & methodologies used in the advanced forensic science laboratory. Limited to students accepted in the Forensic Science Graduate program or subject to the approval of the instructor if the student has the appropriate chemistry, calculus and physics courses required of students in the graduate forensic science program.—I. (I.) Land
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Lecture—2 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Processing and evaluating complex homicide scenes. Functions and activities of police agencies. Recognition, documentation, identification, and collection of evidence. Event sequence reconstruction. Evidence collection, preservation, report writing. Courtroom presentation.—I. (I.) Springer
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Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Restricted to students enrolled in the M.S. in Forensic Science Program or by consent of Forensic Science Program Director. Statistics that are used by the forensic scientist, their limitations/applications in presenting evidential results in such areas as DNA-STR results, trace evidence correlation, fingerprint statistics, population sampling and the Bayes method. Offered in alternate years.—II. Land
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Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Recombinant DNA technology and its applications. (Same course as Environmental Toxicology 278.) Offered in alternate years.—(I.) Denison, Rice
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Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: coursework in genetics and molecular biology. Foundation in theory and practice of forensic DNA analysis; past, present, and emerging technologies; legal and quality assurance issues. DNA extraction, DNA quantitation, multiplex amplification of STR loci, capillary electrophoresis of amplified products, and analysis of STR typing data. (Same course as Environmental Toxicology 280.)—II. (II.) Von Beroldingen
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Lecture—1 hour; laboratory/discussion—3 hours. Prerequisite: consent of instructor; course 278 or 280, or equivalent. Restricted to students enrolled in the M.S. in Forensic Science Program or by consent of Forensic Science Program Director. Overview of the principles underlying forensic DNA typing. Application in the laboratory using techniques to extract, quantify and type human DNA as found in forensic samples. Offered in alternate years.—II.
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Lecture—3 hours. Analytical methods in contemporary forensic science. Clandestine laboratories in California, crime scene management, examination and analysis of human hair, forensic ballistics/trajectory reconstruction, shoe/tire print impressions, serial number restoration, forensic aspects of alcohol impairment, bloodstain pattern interpretation, microscopy of building materials, biological aspect of forensic science. May be repeated for credit when topic differs.—I, II, III. Howitt
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Seminar—3 hours. Students will be exposed to topical areas in Forensic Science by presentations conducted by expert guest speakers. The seminar will also serve as a medium whereby the exiting students will present the research conducted as part of their thesis requirement. May be repeated for credit when topic differs. Restricted to students enrolled in the M.S. in Forensic Science Program. (S/U grading only.)—I, III. (I, III.)
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Independent study—1 hour. Individual and/or group conference on problems, progress and techniques in forensic science and research. May be repeated for credit when topic differs. (S/U grading only.)—I, II, III.
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Lecture—1.5 hour; extensive writing or discussion—0.5 hours. Prerequisite: graduate students enrolled in the MS Forensic Science program or by consent of instructor. Introduction to identification, formulation, and solution of meaningful scientific problems encountered in the Forensic Science area including experimental design and/or theoretical analysis of new and prevailing techniques, theories and hypotheses. Students will present and defend their thesis research/journal article proposals. Limited enrollment. (S/U grading only.)—III. (III.)
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(S/U grading only.)
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Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (S/U grading only.)
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