MS in Forensic Science

University of Illinois Chicago

The master’s program in Forensic Science is administered by the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. The program encompasses a broad knowledge of the basic areas of forensic science laboratory disciplines (biology/biochemistry chemistry and trace evidence analysis drug identification and toxicology and pattern evidence) with emphasis on the integration of analytical and interpretative skills. The role of forensic laboratory sciences in justice system processes is an integrating theme. There is an opportunity for some specialization through the selection of electives. Forensic science is a broad field in which different scientific fields are used to analyze physical evidence in relation to matters of the law. Forensic sciences encompass: forensic medicinedentistryanthropologyentomologychemistrybiology/DNAbiochemistrytoxicologyfingerprint technologiesquestioned documentsfirearms and toolmark examinationTrace analysisand other pattern analyses. Criminalistics is a branch of forensic science generally including the analyses carried out in forensic science laboratories.

College of Pharmacy