

In addition, Chestnut Hill College sponsors a very successful annual Bio-medical Seminar Series, inviting prominent speakers in cutting-edge fields of basic and medical research. Recent students have gone on to earn graduate degrees at several of the nation's top universities including entry into competitive research programs as well as forensic science-specific graduate programs most recently at Arcadia University and George Mason University. Majors with this degree also can and often apply to pre-professional schools in the allied health sciences and related health care professions. As with other biology majors, the class sizes are small, affording individualized and close interaction with faculty members in the Center.Ī CHC degree in forensic biology includes an appropriate track of courses that will permit placement of graduates into reputable graduate programs in forensic science, molecular biology, and biotechnology. Scientific literacy is very important, so I emphasize writing and communication-skills that are exercised in individual and group work activities, just as they will be later in the workplace.At Chestnut Hill College, the science faculty members are skilled in critical sub-disciplines in forensics, including but not limited to: forensic biology, forensic chemistry, cell and molecular biology, molecular biology, recombinant DNA technology, biotechnology and Human Genome Research. The biggest things I want students to take from this course are the critical thinking, observation, problem solving, and writing skills that are critical to the field of forensics.

This 100-level course is designed as a broad survey to introduce students to the different branches and disciplines within the field, including forensic psychiatry and psychology, DNA analytics, and forensic entomology.
