Study this course with an optional work placement year, at no extra cost. Alongside this, you can gain valuable experience and engagement with the sector through our shorter work placements, internships and work experience opportunities. Fees for our forensic science course can be claimed as a tax deduction as long as the course is sufficiently connected to your work activities.

We encourage and support you with applying for a placement, job hunting and networking. The assessment of the programme learning outcomes will therefore be achieved by assessment at the module level. Selection of the methods for assessment will be determined by the requirements of each individual module and the rationale for selection of those methods will be left to the module specifications. Learn to perform techniques involved in crime scene investigation and recovery of evidence as practised by UK forensic agencies. You’re fascinated by making sense of crime after it has taken place and want to be part of the investigative processes. We are here for you with a criminology with forensic investigation course designed by academics with a wealth of research and practice expertise.

Crime Scene Investigator

You’ll look at types of cordon put in place at scenes, what members make up a crime investigation team, as well as learn some key initialism, such as CSM. This module is an introduction to the role of the expert witness in legal proceedings in the UK, from handling of evidence and writing scientific statements to being an effective expert witness in the courtroom. A professional practice theme throughout includes codes of conduct, quality standards and accreditation, to equip you with Forensic Investigator Lessons key information and skills required in a career in forensic practice. The legal framework will also be explored including aspects of UK and international law. Bioarchaeology focuses on the analysis of biological remains from archaeological sites in order to understand the life experiences of these people. Incorporating skeletal anatomy, osteology, archaeology, and anthropology, this module will lead you through the process of identifying, recovering, and analysing human remains.

It’s your responsibility to gather this information and intelligence as part of an investigation. Evaluating performance and, in particular, the probative value of the evidence is an essential part of the advancement of an investigation. This module is designed to introduce you to the processes undertaken in understanding and evaluating evidence as an investigation matures.

Study level

Please provide us with a complete detailed transcript of your previous studies with your application to help us determine your eligibility for advanced entry. Tackling criminality begins by establishing and researching the causes, drivers and facilitators of crime. It is therefore important to appreciate the role intelligence plays in policing from generating tasks for an inquiry to converting intelligence to evidence before the courts. This module will immerse you in analysing intelligence, grading its value and creating a series of hypotheses to test in the development of a problem profile. Working through sizeable open source datasets you will also be introduced to writing scripts in Python or R to format data frames, and carry out statistical analysis before visualising data to help uncover meaning. You will learn about policies, procedures, tools, and techniques for analysing and investigating cases involving digital imagery; as well as open source intelligence techniques for researching and identifying electronic suspects and victims. As part of this module, you will also have the opportunity to achieve a certification for Griffeye Analyze DI Pro; an industry-standard software tool and the leading digital media intelligence platform.

Our forensic science course has been designed to be highly relevant and engaging too, meaning you are sure to find it rewarding and stimulating. So if you want to further your knowledge of this interesting subject and advance your career, simply enrol today. You can also seek further training in the subject to become a professional forensic scientist. The Fusehill Street campus has been the setting of life-saving treatments since World War I. Now, it’s home to world changers, life-savers, crime fighters, and entrepreneurs with access to high-quality facilities and innovative thinking.