Apr 19, 2024  
2021-2023 University Catalog 
    
2021-2023 University Catalog
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FS 445 - Forensic Evidence and Law


The course will introduce students into the role of forensic evidence in litigation. This course will teach students the skills of listening, speaking and writing effectively for litigation. This course focuses on the civil and criminal cases that went before the United States Supreme Court, and shaped the Federal Rules of Evidence. There will be presentation of scientific expert testimony in court, progression of admissibility standards of evidence and expert testimony, and specific cases that have made particular arenas of forensic science valid through verdicts in federal court. Prerequisite: ENGL 132 , CJ 101 , and FS 201 . (3)



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