Crime Scene Science (with Foundation Year)

Teesside University

**Course overview**: This course includes a foundation year - ideal if you need additional preparation or if you don't have sufficient grades to join Year 1. The course can prepare you to play an important role in modern society. As a multidisciplinary area of study within the broader fields of investigation, intelligence analysis, and forensic science, you explore scientific techniques to help investigate and deter crime in different environments.This course teaches you to manage the investigative process from start to finish. You develop skills in gathering, recording, evaluating and presenting evidence and intelligence data, as well as understanding the science behind forensic analysis.**Top reasons to study this course**:1. Experienced teaching team: our teaching team includes former practitioners in crime scene investigation, forensic science, and intelligence analysis, who bring operational experience to the classroom.2. Employment opportunities: in addition to preparing you as a crime scene investigator, this course can lead to a range of employment openings, such as an intelligence or data analyst, environmental crime officer and insurance fraud investigator.3. Industry-standard facilities: you have access to extensive facilities in crime scene science, intelligence analysis and forensic science.**After the course**: Graduate careers can include crime scene investigator, police officer, intelligence analyst, detention officer, or you could seek employment with agencies or government organisations such as the Environment Agency, HM Revenue & Customs, the prison service or local government such as Trading Standards. Graduates are also well placed to seek careers in the law and education sectors.

Crime, Forensic and Investigative Sciences