This course sharpens student pattern recognition, observation, analysis, and critical thinking skills. Students are challenged in this course to consider, at a deeper level, the implications of subjects like biology and skills like deductive reasoning in the real world.
Students engage in the scientific study of searching and processing crime scenes, as well as the proper collection and analysis of simulated physical evidence. Students experience a variety of procedures to analyze things such as fingerprints, hair and fiber, blood splatter, cybercrime, DNA analysis, and more.