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Course Overview

Forensic science – familiar to most of us thanks to its appearances in popular TV police dramas – is the application of science to law. It’s carried out through the collection, preservation, and analysis of evidence.

If you have an enquiring mind, are good at solving scientific problems, and want to work with cutting-edge equipment and facilities, then you could be the right person to work at a crime scene or analyse the evidence recovered from that scene.

In this course, you’ll study forensic chemistry, biology, imaging and photography, the essentials of forensic investigations, and professional and quantitative scientific skills.

Then you’ll take modules on bodies, tissues and fluids, materials ID, drugs of abuse, analytical forensic chemistry, forensic IT and issues in criminal justice.

The third-year will cover forensic case studies and the presentation of evidence, then fire, arson and explosions, authenticity and fraud, DNA profiling, forensic chemical pathology, and project and professional skills.

Entry Requirement 

Academic Requirements:

  • A typical offer is a minimum of 112 points from at least two A levels with a science subject (from Biology, Chemistry, Physics or Applied Sciences) at grade C or above, or
  • BTEC National Diploma Science BTEC - Distinction/Merit/Merit, or
  • BTEC Extended Diploma Science BTEC - Distinction/Merit/Merit

Plus five GCSEs at grade C/4 or above including Maths and English.

Alternative qualifications include:

  • Pass Access in the QAA Accredited AHE (Science) with at least 30 Level 3 credits at Merit, to include 15 credits at Merit in Chemistry or Biology. GCSE Maths and English grade 4 or above required as separate qualifications.

We will normally require students to have had a break from full-time education before undertaking the Access course.

  • International Baccalaureate: 26+ with 6 higher level points in a science subject

Interview: No

Work experience: No

Personal Statement selection criteria

  • Clear communication skills, including good grammar and spelling
  • Information relevant to the course applied for
  • Interest in the course demonstrated with explanation and evidence

English Language Requirements:

If English is not your first language an IELTS score of 6.5 or equivalent when you start the course is essential. English language tuition, delivered by our British Council accredited Centre for English Language Learning (CELL), is available both before and during the course.

Fees

Tuition fees for International students: £14750

Tuition fees for EU students: £9250 with our EU undergraduate transitional scholarship


This information was accurate on : 19/04/2021
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