3 courses with the subject FOR, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
FOR 110INTRODUCTION TO FORENSIC
BIOLOGY 4-0-4 A survey of the biological aspects of forensic science, the mechanisms leading to death and the analysis of biological evidence from crime scenes. Includes discussion of topics including the cause and manner of death, body decomposition, assessment of time of death, trauma, natural disease processes, the effects of environmental stressors and multidisciplinary approaches to evidence analysis. Crime laboratory topics to be discussed include toxicology, DNA evidence, biometrics (e.g. fingerprinting), drug metabolism, ballistic trauma and other related issues. Forensic autopsy will also be discussed as it relates to biological evidence.
PATHOLOGY 4-0-4 A survey of disease processes of the human body as they relate to biological forensic evidence. The basic mechanisms of infection, cancer, trauma, blood clotting, hemorrhage and related topics will be discussed along with their importance to forensic investigation, crime scene assessment and autopsy findings. Significant disease processes of the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, brain, muscles, bones, and other organs are explained and analyzed to allow an understanding of their effects on the human body and how they relate to death.
TOXICOLOGY—POISONS, DRUGS, AND DEATH 4-0-4 A survey of the effects of poisons, drugs, heavy metals, venoms, carbon monoxide and other toxic substances on the human body as it relates to forensic science and investigation. The mechanisms leading 2026-2027 Westmoreland County Community College Catalog to toxicology-related deaths and the biological effects of various substances on the organs of the human body are assessed. Includes discussion of topics such as the cause and manner of drug-related deaths, obtaining toxicological evidence after decomposition of the body, assessment of the time that drugs remain in the human body, effects of toxic substances on organs.
