Week 1-introduction to forensic science

Week 2-crime scene basics

Week 3-the fallibility of eyewitnesses, lab project using a face print computer program

Week 4-fingerprints, labs involving rolling, dusting and lifting prints

Week 5-ballistics, firearms and ammunition

Week 6-impression analysis, plaster casting lab

Week 7-trace evidence, hair, fiber and dirt

Week 8-blood labs, spatter patterns

Week 9-cause of death, gunshots and stab wounds

Week 10-blunt force trauma

Week 11-pathology, evidence from dead bodies

Week 12-autopsies

Week 13-forensic film, tbd

Week 14-errors in Hollywood films

Week 15-review

Week 16-finals