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Graduate Certificate of Forensic Science (Professional Practice)
Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia
About this program
If you have a degree in science, or a relevant bachelor's degree, this course will give you the skills you need to help in criminal investigations. Alternatively, if you are already a Police or Forensic professional, you'll be able to upskill or attain a university qualification in your field. Choose any four of eight postgraduate forensic coursework units where you will to reconstruct crime scenes as you learn to collect, process and interpret biological, chemical and physical evidence. Build your expertise in specimen preparation, sources of contamination, quality assurance, statistical interpretation and the admissibility of evidence as you learn to prepare and deliver courtroom testimony. Units completed in this course count as course credit for our Graduate Diploma in Forensic Science (Professional Practice), so you can graduate with a Graduate Diploma with just four more units of study. We also offer a 1.5 year Master of Forensics (Professional Practice) that you can use the units completed in this course as credits for as well. This course is delivered by Murdoch University in Western Australia.
Cost & duration
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Course structure
1 term of coursework
- Core topics covered in this course include: Build essential skills and knowledge to meet your career or study goals. Topics you'll cover include: Bloodstain pattern analysis Chemical criminalistics, including forensic toxicology, trace analysis, illicit drug identification and HAZMAT scenes Digital, cyber and emerging forensic disciplines Forensic anthropology and archaeology and clandestine grave examination Fingerprint and impression evidence Not only could I study a Bachelor of Science in Forensic Biology and Toxicology, and a Bachelor of Criminology, but I had the opportunity to study them as a combined degree. Danika, Medical, Molecular and Forensic Sciences
Admissions
University level (AQF Level 7) qualification in Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, or "Other Natural and Physical Sciences" or relevant Health related fields (HEIMS fields to be provided to admissions) Or Medical, Veterinary or Dental Studies, Nursing, Pharmacy or "Other Health"). Majors in Criminology will be considered if they contain units in a Biological or Chemical Sciences (i.e. Crime Science) at the discretion of the Academic Chair. Or 2 years or more relevant professional experience or training subject to the approval of the Academic Chair.
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