2020-2021 Undergraduate/Online Catalog 
    
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FORS 362 - Medico-Legal Death Investigation


(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: FORS 125  and BIOL 215 
Description: This course is a study of the process known as medico-legal death investigation. The course introduces the student to the legal systems surrounding the investigation of the cause and manner of death. The role of forensic pathology and the application of pathology to law are studied in relation to crime scene investigation. Natural, accidental, homicide and suicide deaths are explored in the perspective of the forensic pathologies. Offered Fall Semester, annually.



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