Forensic Science Level 3 NCFE (Distance Learning)

Do you love CSI? Are you potty about Kay Scarpetta? Then you will love this Forensic Science course.

It covers everything from human anatomy to criminology, finishing with an understanding of chemistry and forensic psychology. You will cover criminal profiling and fingerprinting, spending time learning how to analyse crime scenes and examining evidence as well as forensic computing.

The course is split into bite sized sections to make studying as simply as possible, you will also have your tutor to help you every step of the way. So Start Learning now.

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Course Contents

The Forensic Science course is divided in three sections, these are:

Section 1: Human Anatomy and Physiology

Unit 1 - Introduction to the Human Body: Human body structure - Body functions - Life process - Anatomical terminology

Unit 2 - Cells, Tissues and Membranes: Cell structure and function - Body tissues - Membranes

Unit 3 - Skeletal System: Functions of the Skeletal System - Bone tissue - Bone development and growth - Classifications of bones - Divisions of the skeleton

Unit 4 - Muscular System: Functions of the Muscular System - Structure of the skeletal muscle - Muscle types - Skeletal muscle groups

Unit 5 - Nervous System: Functions of the Nervous System - Nerve tissue - Organisation of the Nervous System

Unit 6 - Endocrine System: Introduction to the Endocrine System - Characteristics of Hormones - Endocrine glands

Unit 7 - Cardiovascular System: Introduction to the Cardiovascular System - Heart - Blood

Unit 8 - Lymphatic System: Functions of the Lymphatic System - Components of the Lymphatic System

Unit 9 - Respiratory System: Introduction to the Respiratory System - Mechanics of Ventilation - Respiratory Volumes and Capacities - Conducting Passages

Unit 10 - Digestive System: Functions of the Digestive System - General structure - Regions of the Digestive System

Unit 11 - Urinary System: Functions of the Urinary System - Components of the Urinary System

Unit 12 Reproductive System: Introduction to the Reproductive System - Male Reproductive System - Female Reproductive System

Section 2: Criminology

Unit 1 - Introduction to Criminology: Definitions - Theories

Unit 2 - Criminal Statistics: Trends - Modern statistics - Tracking

Unit 3 - The UK Justice System: The UK Justice system - Key legal terms

Unit 4 - Understanding Drugs: Range of drugs, Effects - Methods of use - Drug prevalence - Drug production - Marketing - Common street names

Unit 5 - Understanding Violence: Different forms of violence - Reasons for violence

Unit 6 - Understanding Property Crime: Types of property crime - When and where crime occurs

Unit 7 - Understanding Crime and the Community: The role of community in crime prevention - Neighbourhood watch - Police and local crime

Unit 8 - Understanding Trans-national and Organised: Organised crime - Trans-national crime - Crime across borders

Unit 9: Understanding High Tech Crime: Computers - Internet - Email - Technology supporting criminal activities

Unit 10: Understanding Crime Prevention: Causes of crime - Problem-solving tools - Reduction and elmination of factors that lead to crime

Unit 11: Understanding Youth Crime: Why youths turn to crime - Society's role in supporting youth - Preventing youth crime

Unit 12: Understanding Anti-Social Behaviour: Different forms of anti-social behaviour - who it effects - its long terms effects - approaches to tackling it

Unit 13: Introduction to Forensic Psychology: What Forensic Psychology is - how it works - from basic theories and principles - comprehensive research - understanding and explaining results - the application of psychological techniques

Unit 14: Introduction to Criminal Profiling: Criminal profiling - The use of scientific methods - Logical reasoning - Sources of information on people - Criminology - Victimology - Interpreting events

Unit 15: Introduction to the Theory of Terrorism: Terrorism - Religion ends - Politica Ends

Section 3: Forensics

Unit 1: Introduction to Chemistry: Different branches of chemistry - Periodic Table

Unit 2: Introduction to Forensic Psychology: Application of Psychology in Forensics - History of forensics - Overview of Forensic Psychology

Unit 3: Introduction to Criminal Profiling: Crime reconstruction - Crime history - Crime Applications

Unit 4: Introduction to Fingerprinting: Overview of Fingerprinting - Methods of obtaining fingerprints - How they are used in Forensics

Unit 5: Introduction to DNA: The science behind DNA - How DNA works - DNA to catch criminals

Unit 6: Introduction to Crime Scene Analysis: Collecting evidence - Analysing evidence - Working in a crime scene

Unit 7: Introduction to Examining Evidence: Examining evidence collected from a crime scene - Processing evidence - Storing and maintain evidence

Unit 8: Introduction to Forensic Computing: Forensic computing - How technology is used to capture criminals