CRIMINALISTICS BREAKFAST

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CRIMINALISTICS BREAKFAST

• 2008

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2007-2008 Curriculum Changes

• Revised Syllabi of Introduction to Criminalistics
• Split into lecture (CHE 2710) and lab (CHE
  2711)
• Required CHE 2710 for both the concentration and
  the minor

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• Revised Syllabus of Criminalistics I making it a
  course that emphasizes
• Microscopy
• Drug analysis
• Analytical Toxicology
• Ignitable Liquid Residue Analysis
• Paint Analysis
• Other Trace Evidence Analysis
• Ethics
• Reporting

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• Revised Syllabus of Criminalistics II to make it
  a course that emphasizes
• Body Fluid and Tissue Identification
• DNA analysis
• Hair Analysis

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Faculty

• Dr. Kelly Elkins was hired in Fall 2007. Her
  specialty is biochemistry.
• Dr. Elkins developed a course around the new
  Criminalistics II syllabus.
• She is teaching Criminalistics II this semester.
• She will teach Introduction to Criminalistics in
  Fall 2008.

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Faculty

• Dr. Russell Barrows, an organic chemist by
  education and an analytical chemist by vocation,
  is actively preparing to teach Criminalistics I
  in the future.

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Faculty

• Tom Netwal continues to teach courses in the
  minor.
• He is a retired CBI scientist.
• He teaches Arson and Explosives and Crime Scene
  Investigation I and II.

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Faculty

• Dr. Chris Tindall continues as chair of the
  chemistry department and director of the forensic
  science program.
• He taught Introduction to Criminalistics and
  Criminalistics I in Fall 2007.
• He will teach Criminalistics I in Fall 2008.

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Proposed Curriculum Change I

• Create a new course Forensic Science Research
  (senior experience) (CHE 4720)
• Change graduation requirement to allow students
  to take either CHE 4710 (Internship
  II) or CHE 4720

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Rationale

• As student numbers increase, good internships
  become harder to find.
• There is a need for more opportunities to learn
  how to conduct research.

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Proposed Curriculum Change II

• Create a new course Forensic Science Seminar (2
  credit hours) featuring
• Presentations by experts
• Discussions of recent published research
• Presentation of student and faculty research
• Review for and take exit exams in chemistry and
  forensic science

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Rationale

• There is a need to expose our students to the
  work of practitioners from a wide variety of
  specialties.
• There is a need to strengthen student ability to
  find and critically evaluate research in the
  profession.
• There is a need for the program to improve
  assessment of student achievement and program
  effectiveness.

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Proposed Curriculum Change III

• Change CHE 4700, Criminalistics Internship I from
  5 credit hours to 3 credit hours
• Allow students in Option A to substitute CHE 3600
  Crime Scene Investigation I for CHE 4700

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Rationale

• We cannot add the seminar course without reducing
  the credit hours elsewhere.
• Agencies can require more than 135 hours on site
  if they wish, but the student will only pay for 3
  hours of credit.
• Allowing substitution of CSI for one of the
  internships will allow the students more
  flexibility.

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Effects of Proposed Changes

• All proposed changes should meet FEPAC
  requirements.
• The changes, collectively, are credit hour
  neutral for Option A and add two credit hours to
  Option B.

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What is New at Metro?

• AA
• HPLC with auto sampler
• FTIR ATR
• ICP MS
• 3 Agilent 5973 MSD with auto sampler/used
• Illuminat IR II FTIR micro spectrophotometer
• 8 Leica Polarized Light Microscopes
• ABI 310 sequencer/ shared with MSCD Biology

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NEW SCIENCE BUILDING

• Dedicated Criminalistics Laboratory
• 1351sf
• 6 roll around benches for 4 students each.
• Smart classroom technology
• Smooth wall area for bloodstain pattern
  experiments
• Microscope Laboratory
• 693 sf
• Smart classroom technology
• Dark room/storage/vault 210 square feet

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NEW SCIENCE BUILDING

• 2 Student research laboratories (300square feet)
• 2 Organic Laboratories 24 student
• 2 General Laboratories 24 student
• 1 Analytical Laboratory 24 student
• 1 Physical /Inorganic laboratory (908 square
  feet)
• Shared UCD/MSCD Biochemistry Laboratory
• Conference Room

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PROGRAM SUCCESS

• Students starting Criminalistics I 1998-2008
• Graduated 56
• Graduating next week 7
• Still enrolled 16
• Known to have jobs in forensic science 26

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FORENSIC TOPIC of the YEAR

• Context Effects