TA: Robbie Montgomery (rmont3@hotmail.com)
Required Text: "Forensic Chemistry", First edition. Suzanne Bell, 2006, Prentice Hall

Lecture: Monday 4 - 4:50 pm, Neckers 329
Labs: Tuesday and Thursday, 2 - 5 pm, Neckers 409
Final exam: April 28, 4 - 5 pm

Grading :

Final exam 20%
Lab Final exam 20%
Labs 50%
Term paper 10 %

For the labwork final exam, students will be presented with a crime scene. They will be required to collect and analyze evidence from this scene using methods learned during the course of the semester and then present and defend their findings in a mock trial.

Since almost all forensic chemists are very overworked and don't have time for research, there are many areas in forensic chemistry that need improvement. Select a research topic from one of these areas and write a paper describing the need for more research in the area, the current state-of-the-art and further research that could be done. Start with a section on background and significance which will describe what has been done already and why it is important that this experiment gets done. Next, details about current methods. You should conclude with ideas for further research in this area and the benefits that would be provided. The report should be 5 - 10 pages. Make sure a thorough literature search is performed and appropriate references are cited.
Due date: The title and abstract are due on Feb 25. The term papers are due April 21.