Contact

Deepika Das, ddas06@syr.edu,  315-443-1036
Assistant Teaching Professor, Director of Curricular Programs for the Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute at Syracuse University

Faculty

Kathleen Corrado, James Crill, Deepika Das, Brian Ehret, James Hewett, Michael Marciano, Natalie Novotna, Maria Pettolina, Robert Silver, James T. Spencer, Michael B. Sponsler, Robert Stoppacher

Program Description

Note this certificate is no longer accepting new students beginning  the fall of 2024 or later.

The Certificate in Medicolegal Death Investigation is a 12-credit program intended primarily for students who have a career interest in death investigation.  The Certificate serves as an indication that the student has had a concentration of courses in this field and is ready to embark on this career path.

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Define the field of forensic science and describe how it overlaps with their particular interests
2. Describe the relationship and interplay between forensic science and the legal system
3. Appreciate the importance of ethical standards and describe the means through which such standards are upheld in forensic science
4. Demonstrate how crime scenes are processed, how chain of custody is preserved and documented, and how medicolegal death investigators and crime scene investigators work together
5. Explain the duties of a medicolegal death investigator

Requirements

Transfer Credit

Maximum of 3 credits

Part-time Study

May be pursued

Degree

Certificate in Medicolegal Death Investigation

Total Credits: 12 (limit of 3 transfer credits)