Research Opportunities

The Forensic Science and Law program offers the following research related courses:

FORE 470. Research Internship      1 -3 cr.

Opportunity for selected Forensic Science Students to work in either the Forensic Chemistry or Forensic DNA Laboratory on a research problem under the direction of a faculty mentor. In the Forensic Chemistry lab students work on several ongoing research projects, learning experiment development, problem solving and instrumental methods. In the Forensic DNA Laboratory students are responsible for sample processing, performing extractions on a variety of source material (bone, tissue, etc), quantification, PCR and genotyping, including database construction. 

BIOL 398/399 Undergraduate Research – Bio 1-3 credits

Opportunity for selected students to work in the laboratory on research problems under the direction of a faculty member.  Registration by permission of instructor. Pass/Fail. Laboratory.

CHEM 490H Honors Undergraduate Research - Maximum 2 cr./semester

Exceptional undergraduates that have been accepted into the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Honors program will perform advanced level research with the goal of producing sufficient quality data to enable them to prepare and Honors Thesis and manuscripts for publication.

CHEM 490W Undergraduate Research – Maximum 2 cr./semester

Selected students work on a research problem under the direction of a staff member.

Bayer School Undergraduate Research Program