Choose this specialization to focus your Forensics degree on the application of forensic principles and techniques to the Canadian legal system and law enforcement. This unique specialization and its curated course selection can be added to any Forensics degree and will help you meet the changing demands of forensic investigation in the law enforcement community.
Courses
Students who have fulfilled the requirements for a Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science or a joint-major Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree in Forensic Science may graduate with a Specialization in Law & Policing if they have successfully completed the following 4.0 credits:
- 2.0 FRSC credits consisting of:
- FRSC 2100H: Criminal Code
- FRSC 2110H: Police Powers
- FRSC 2750H: Computer Crime and Forensics
- FRSC 3110H: Criminology in Forensics
- 0.5 FRSC credit from:
- FRSC 4100H: Science and (In)justice
- FRSC 4312H: Presentation of Forensic Evidence
- FRSC 4380H: Advanced Topics in Law and Policing
- 1.5 credits from the following:
- FRSC-BIOL 3000H: Laboratory DNA Forensics
- FRSC 3111H: Non-Human DNA Forensics
- FRSC-ERST 3250H: Introduction to Environmental Law
- FRSC-PSYC 3320H (4320H): Forensic Psychology
- FRSC-INDG 3401H: Law and Indigenous Peoples: Foundations
- FRSC-INDG 3402H: Law and Indigenous Peoples: Litigating Aboriginal Rights
- FRSC 3800H: Forensic Toxicology
- FRSC 4110H: Firearms and Ballistics
- FRSC 4111H: Basic Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
- FRSC 4210H: Fingerprint Analysis and Documentation
- FRSC-ERST 4250H: Environmental Law and Regulation
- FRSC-BIOL 4570H: Biocrime and Bioterrorism
- ANTH-FRSC 3405H: Forensic Anthropology
- BIOL-FRSC 3330H: Forensic Entomology
- GESO-CAST-SOCI 3966H: Criminalizing Women
- IDST-CRIM-SOCI 3120H: Citizenship Rights and Development
- IDST-CRIM-SOCI 3121H: Human Rights—Theory and Practice
- PHIL-POST 2150H: Philosophy of Law
- PHIL-POST 3140H: Justice and Rights
- POST-CAST-CRIM 3091H: Law and Constitutional Issues
- POST-CAST-CRIM 3092H: Law and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- PSYC 2300H: Introductory Abnormal Psychology
- PSYC 3240H: Drugs and Behaviour
- PSYC 3300H: Advanced Abnormal Psychology
- PSYC 4310HL Psychopathology
- PSYC 4720H: Psychology of Evil
- SOCI 2615H: Crime and Society
- SOCI 4110H: Legal Research Methods
- SOCI 4270H: Sociology of Law
Bridge the gap between the scientific and the social, giving you the competitive edge to be both a practitioner and applicator of forensic science.