INTRODUCTION TO FORENSIC SCIENCE - LEVEL 3 COURSE
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Distance
Description
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Type
NVQ Level 3
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Methodology
Distance Learning
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Class hours
100h
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Duration
1 Year
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Start date
Different dates available
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Online campus
Yes
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Delivery of study materials
Yes
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Support service
Yes
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Virtual classes
Yes
Approximate Study Time: 100 Hours (Self Study) Buy Now More Info The Introduction to Forensic Science – Level 3 Course is a fascinating course designed to give students an introduction to forensics and how it is used to provide information and support to criminal investigations. Forensic science is concerned with using scientific methods either in public, in a court, or in the justice system as a whole. In fact, any science used for the purposes of the law is forensic science and its prime function is to provide evidence to support criminal investigations. Drugs, violence, property crime, hi-tech crime… detection is all about the appliance of forensic science.
Important information
Documents
- Introduction To Forensic Science - Level 3 Course.pdf
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About this course
At the end of this course successful learners will receive a Certificate of Achievement from ABC Awards and Certa Awards and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).
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Interesting course and it was laid out quite nice. I enjoyed my course and it was informative and helpful.
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I loved it, it was great, very interesting and fun, the way the course was laid out was good as well. My tutor was very helpful and informative.
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Course rating
Recommended
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Subjects
- IT Law
- Quality Audit
- IT
- Quality
- Law
- Public
- Property
- Technology
- Accredited
- Quality Training
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Distance Learning Tutor
Course programme
The home study courses cover the following units:-
Unit 1: Introduction
- Computer Forensics
- Forensic Accountancy
- Forensic Archaeology & Anthropology
- Forensic Dentistry
- Forensic Entomology
- Forensic Graphology
- Forensic Pathology
- Blood Groups
- Body Fluids
- Toxicology
- Fingerprints
- DNA
- Forensic Ballistics & Ballistic Fingerprinting
- Hair and Fibres
- Criminal Profiling
Unit 2: The Crime Scene
- Establishing the crime scene
- Securing and Protecting the scene
- Collecting and categorising the evidence (Forensic and medical photography; Bloodstains; Tyre tracks; Soil; Toxic Gasses; Trace evidence; Hair & Fibres; DNA; and Insects and flies.)
Unit 3: Criminal Case
- Evidence
- Asphyxiation
- Rape
- Blunt force
- Suffocation
- Strangulation
- Wounding
- Electrocution
- Drowning
- Defensive wounds
- Crime scene reconstruction
- Face reconstruction
- Expert witnesses
Unit 4: The Future of Forensics
- Low copy number DNA
- Lie detection
- Digital Forensics
- Water and Forensics
- Bleaching
- Familial DNA
Assessment:
You will be assessed on coursework which is detailed in the course materials. These Tutor Marked Assignments (TMAs) consists of short paragraph answers to set questions. Your work can be sent back to your course tutor by email in a word processed format. The course will also contain self-assessment exercises which are designed to gauge your own progress.
Additional information
INTRODUCTION TO FORENSIC SCIENCE - LEVEL 3 COURSE