Bachelor of Science in Forensic Chemistry

Lamar University

The Lamar University Bachelor of Science in Forensic Chemistry is for you if you want to laboratory analysis to help solve criminal cases. As a forensic chemist, you will use knowledge from chemistry, biology, materials science, genetics and criminal justice to evaluate material evidence related to crime scenes. Police investigations and legal trials often rely upon the work of forensic chemists, and they must often provide expert testimony and explain their findings to a jury. This program prepares you to work in government labs for federal, state, local police department, county medical examiner’s office, forensic services lab or a branch of the FBI. There are also private labs that provide forensic services and analysis. LU's Chemistry and Biochemistry Department has active research programs in several areas including environmental chemistry biochemistry, surface chemistry, computational chemistry, materials science, polymer chemistry, transition metal coordination chemistry, molecular spectroscopy and organic reaction mechanisms.

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