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Interested in being a Forensic Scientist?

Forensic scientists are not CSI/Crime Scene Investigators. Forensic scientists are scientists who are experts in their field and able to testify in a court of law about that expertise.

Career Opportunities include:
• Forensic Pathology
• Crime Scene Investigation
• Forensic Laboratory
• Forensic Engineering
• Cybertechnology and Forensic Science
• Forensic Application of the Social Sciences
• Legal and Ethical Issues in Forensic Science

Education Requirements include:
The minimum prerequisite for entry into a graduate-level forensic science program is a baccalaureate degree in forensic science or a natural science, in addition to such college or university requirements as grade point average and Graduate Record Examination
scores.