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Program accreditation

Virginia Commonwealth University · Richmond, VA

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
Program accreditation
Total credits (published)
42
Credits (computed from items)
42
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
234030
CourseShelf checklist
CK_234030_c6ae7715
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Curriculum requirements

7 items
  1. or: FRSC 663 Forensic Medicine
    3
  2. As published: “Forensic Science Seminar (one credit course repeated for three credits) 1”
    3
  3. or: FRSC 660 Toolmark Examinations
    or: FRSC 662 Firearm Identification
    3
  4. 3
  5. 3
  6. 3
  7. or: BIOS 543 Graduate Research Methods I
    or: FRSC 580 Applied Statistics for Forensic Science
    3

Forensic chemistry/drugs and toxicology concentration courses

concentration · 6 items
  1. 3
  2. 3
  3. FRSC 671& FRSZ 671
    Instrumentation in Forensic Chemistryand Instrumentation in Forensic Chemistry Laboratory 1
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  4. 3
  5. FRSC 673& FRSZ 673
    Forensic Microscopyand Forensic Microscopy Laboratory 1
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  6. As published: “Forensic Serology and DNA Analysis 1”
    2

Recommended electives

electives · 27 items
  1. Select four credit hours from the following: 2
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  2. 1-5
  3. 1.5
  4. 1.5
  5. 1.5
  6. 1.5
  7. 1.5
  8. 1.5
  9. 1.5
  10. 3
  11. 3
  12. 3
  13. 3
  14. 3
  15. 3
  16. 3
  17. 1-3
  18. 3
  19. 3
  20. 3
  21. 1-3
  22. 1
  23. 1
  24. 5
  25. 3
  26. 3
  27. 5
Source. Virginia Commonwealth University, catalog 2026-2027 — https://bulletin.vcu.edu/graduate/college-humanities-sciences/forensic-science/forensic-science-ms-concentration-forensic-chemistry-drugs-toxicology/. Captured page pages/0299.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.