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12 courses with the subject FOSC, 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.

FOSC 210Introduction to Forensic Anthropology3

Subject: FOSC
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu

FOSC 211Forensic Archaeology3

Subject: FOSC
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu

FOSC 301Survey of the Forensic Sciences (GE)3

Subject: FOSC
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu

FOSC 302Forensic Science Instrumentation2

Subject: FOSC
Credits (min): 2
Credits (max): 2
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: FOSC 301 . An introduction to the use of instrumentation in forensic science, including instruments used in biological fluid, tissue, firearm, toolmark, trace evidence, and digital examinations. It also serves as an introduction to microscopy. Students will gain hands-on experience using comparison and polarized light microscopes as well as radiological, XRF, and other equipment. A focus will be the use of this instrumentation in the analysis and interpretation of forensic evidence.

FOSC 320Introduction to Courts and Criminal Law3

Subject: FOSC
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu

FOSC 330Professional Practice in the Applied Forensic Sciences2

Subject: FOSC
Credits (min): 2
Credits (max): 2
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu

FOSC 401Forensic Science Capstone4

Subject: FOSC
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu

FOSC 420Advanced Forensic Anthropology4

Subject: FOSC
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu

FOSC 430Criminalistics3

Subject: FOSC
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: FOSC 301 , FOSC 302 , CHEM 301 , CHEM 302 . An introduction to the primary methods criminalists use to analyze physical evidence recovered from crime scenes. The course offers an introduction to the recognition, collection, preservation, and analysis of physical evidence and its accurate and appropriate use in forensic casework. It includes consideration of latent print, impression, trace evidence, blood spatter, toolmark, ballistic, and other physical evidence with a focus on proper recovery, curation, and examination of this evidence and presentation of it in court.

FOSC 495Seminar in Forensic Science1-4

(1-4) This seminar highlights topics of current interest in Forensic Science. It provides in-depth study through advanced readings and lectures of recent issues and controversies in the Forensic Sciences, leading to critical evaluation of these issues and generation of Best Practice guidelines in Forensic Science. May be repeated for credit when content differs.

Subject: FOSC
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 4
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit when content differs.
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu

FOSC 498Independent Study1-6

Subject: FOSC
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 6
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: FOSC 301 ; permission of the instructor. FOSC 498 is designed for advanced Forensic Science students who wish to carry out independent research or other scholarly study under the supervision of a faculty mentor. Students will, in consultation with their mentor and approval by their department chair or director, design and carry out a forensic science research project in Forensic Science. See “ Independent Study .”

FOSC 499Internship in Forensic Science3-12

Subject: FOSC
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 12
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 University Academic Catalog
Source: catalog.radford.edu
Prerequisite: FOSC 301 Allows advanced Forensic Science students an opportunity to gain practical work experience in Forensic Science by interning in a part-time or full-time professional forensic science setting. With prior approval by a faculty mentor, students will work in this professional forensic science company or organization under the supervision of the site supervisor as well as their faculty mentor.

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