A few days ago
sparkleshine89

MAJOR question?

What type of major (or – GASP!!! – double major) would I need to take to become a forensic scientist? And how long do I have to decide what major to do once I’m in college?

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A few days ago
Anonymous

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There are a few Forensic Science Bachelor’s but they are so rare to find that they would suggest you study Chemistry or Biology and get a master’s in Forensics.

In your second year they will have you decide a major.

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A few days ago
Anonymous
Yes, please understand that “forensics” means using applied laboratory science to figure out how real-world events happened. Forensic pathology or forensic criminology is what we most often see on the TV recently in shows like CSI: Everyfreakintown–but realize that the depictions on those shows are fictional and in real life it ain’t like that!

If you want forensic criminology, then a law enforcement degree (even a two-year associate’s) with a load of chemistry, biology and physics courses as electives–or major in one science and minor in law enforcement–that would be a good start. You’d probably do police academy and spend some time as a street cop in order to get on-the-ground experience with crime scenes and investigative procedures.

If you want forensic pathology, then you’re going to need to get into med. school, become a general practitioner, then return to med. school for further study in pathology, and then pass state boards for the specialists’ license. Then your work will probably center on general pathology in some hospital, where you’ll do the post-mortem “cause of death” work that the police investigation shows have so ridiculously placed in police HQ–and also you’ll spend a lot of time looking at tissue samples under microscope to determine if they’re cancerous, etc.

Then there are the forensic investigators who look into air crashes–

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A few days ago
Alice Lockwood
Colleges vary in terms of when you decide your major.

Forensics is mainly science – chem, bio, or even physics.

You’d be better off majoring in one of those, then specializing in forensics later on.

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A few days ago
hplss.rmntc
You would probably want to major in chemistry or biology and minor in psychology, chemistry, physics, or biology.
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