Forensics Training

In this course, you’ll examine the goals and values of Ashworth College, time management, creating a realistic weekly and monthly study schedule, the nature and purpose of assessments, how to study effectively to prepare for and take an online examination, and developing the skill sets necessary for success in the twenty-first century. You’ll also review the fundamental concepts and processes concerning federal and state laws and court systems, as well as careers in the legal and criminal justice fields.

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to do the following:

• Identify skills needed to be a confident and independent online learner.
• Explain fundamental concepts and processes within federal and state laws and court systems.

This course serves as an introduction to the basics of forensic science, crime scene investigation and reconstruction, and forensic biometrics. You’ll review the history of the field, as well as important procedures that must be taken when processing a crime scene, investigating deaths, and documenting and gathering physical evidence such as bloodstains and fingerprints.

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to do the following:

• Summarize the history and development of forensic science.
• List common types of physical evidence, including fingerprints and bloodstains.
• Recognize techniques employed during crime scene investigations and reconstructions.
• Define forensic biometrics.

In this course, you’ll learn how microscopes are used in forensic science and study the roles firearms, impressions, and matter play within physical evidence.

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to do the following:

• Recognize the importance of a microscope in examining forensic specimens.
• Describe how firearms, bullets, impressions and matter are investigated.
• Explain the methods used to collect, evaluate, and preserve hairs, fibers, and traces of metals, paint, and soil at a crime scene.
• Summarize how a toxicology report can impact a crime scene investigation.

This course begins with a review of biological evidence and how it’s collected, analyzed, and preserved. Following this is a discussion on investigating fires and explosions and examining documents for clues. Finally, the course concludes with a summary of the future techniques and technologies concerning forensic science.

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to do the following:

• Identify the importance of biological evidence at a crime scene and the ways processed, analyzed, and preserved.
• Explain how fires and explosions are investigated.
• Recognize techniques employed in examining a questioned document.
• Describe the projected trends of forensic science.