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Schedule

Up Schedule Requirements
Date

Topics to be covered: (laboratories, techniques, lessons)

Week One

Introduction to Forensic Science    

Recognition, Collection, Packaging, Preservation, Submission, and Preliminary Examination of Physical Evidence
Ethical and Legal Dimensions and Evidence Admissibility
Fingerprint Science Lecture - Fingerprint Lab, Introduction to Web-CT lab

Reading Assignment for Week 2: Handouts and Chapters 1and 3 in textbook 

Web Page Creation Assignment (Grad Students)

Week Two

General Microscopy - Chemical Microscopy, Polarized Light Microscopy, 

Trace evidence - Hairs, Fibers, Glass, Paints, Gun Shot Residue
Microscopy and Analytical Methods Lecture - Microscopy and Fiber Identification Lab, 

Web Assignment – Fiber Case.  Fingerprint Science Lesson Plan due on 5/27

Reading Assignment for Week 3: Chapters 4, 5, 10 and 11 in textbook

Week Three

Separation Science and Drug analysis-  Chemical Screening, Spot Tests, GC and HPLC

Drugs in biological specimens, Toxicology

Separation Science Lecture - Separation Science Laboratory

Introduction to Chromatography, Analysis of Drugs experiment

Web-based Assignment: Drug case scenario. Chromatography resources on the web.

Separation Science or Microscopy Lesson Plan due on 6/3

Reading Assignment for Week 4: Chapters 6, 7 and 11 in textbook

Tour of Miami-Dade Police Department Crime Laboratory Bureau  (Day and Time TBA)

Week Four
Spectroscopy, Driving under the Influence, Breath/Blood-alcohol  Analyzers,

Spectroscopy and Quantitative Analysis in Analytical Chemistry Lecture

Spectroscopy Laboratory:  Introduction to Visible and Infra-red Spectroscopy, Breath Alcohol experiment, Quantitative Analysis of Metal Ions by Visible Spectrophotometry

Web-based Assignment:  Spectroscopy resources on the web.

Reading Assignment for Week 5: Chapters 2, 8, 9 and 12 in textbook

Week Five
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology-  DNA Fingerprinting
Introduction to DNA Fingerprinting Lecture,  Molecular Biology Laboratory; PCR and Electrophoresis Experiment
Class web pages critiques.

Week Six
Graduate Student Presentations, critiques -  Final Exam

Attendance of the lecture is essential as not all of the course material is covered in the text.
 

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