The Chemical Aspects of Forensic Science
During the spring of 2015 at UC I took an honors seminar about forensic science. This was a class that met twice a week where we learned about things like blood, drugs (medicinal and illegal), DNA, fingerprints, burn patters, and much more. We also watched several movies and documentaries about famous cases; some solved and some that still remain unsolved. We also had two guest speakers who work in the forensic field of science. Through this class I learned a lot about how each person has their own set of characteristics. Everyone has a unique DNA code (besides identical siblings), unique fingerprints, and lots of other things!
I am majoring in Psychology so this class is not a requirement for me, but I decided to take it anyway. I loved it! I took it because science is one of my favorite subjects and I find crimes so interesting. Whenever I get the chance I read books about mysteries and unsolved crimes. This class met all of my expectations! I expected to learn a lot about a subject I did not really understand. By the end of the semester I was able to talk about forensic science and listen to people talk about it and understand what they were saying.
This experience was meaningful to me because it gave me the chance to learn about something that I would not have had an opportunity to take. If it was not an honors class I do not think I would have looked into taking it, mainly because it does not fit any requirements for my major. I plan to use the information from this seminar in the future by reading more books and studying about other forms of science beyond the normal realm of biology and chemistry.
Here is a link to the final project for our class - we got in groups of four and read about a crime created by our teacher and we had to ask questions and try to figure out who was the criminal and the information about the crime.
I am majoring in Psychology so this class is not a requirement for me, but I decided to take it anyway. I loved it! I took it because science is one of my favorite subjects and I find crimes so interesting. Whenever I get the chance I read books about mysteries and unsolved crimes. This class met all of my expectations! I expected to learn a lot about a subject I did not really understand. By the end of the semester I was able to talk about forensic science and listen to people talk about it and understand what they were saying.
This experience was meaningful to me because it gave me the chance to learn about something that I would not have had an opportunity to take. If it was not an honors class I do not think I would have looked into taking it, mainly because it does not fit any requirements for my major. I plan to use the information from this seminar in the future by reading more books and studying about other forms of science beyond the normal realm of biology and chemistry.
Here is a link to the final project for our class - we got in groups of four and read about a crime created by our teacher and we had to ask questions and try to figure out who was the criminal and the information about the crime.