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IT Sligo

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Course Code:
SG448
Title:
Forensic Investigation and Analysis
College:
IT Sligo
Qualification:
Level on the National Framework of Qualifications
Duration:
4 years

 

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Security, Defence & Law Enforcement
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Forensics involves analysing substances to discover what they are made of, or where they came from. It is famously used in crime solving, though is also employed in monitoring pollutants and in chemistry research.

The course content includes crime scene investigation, criminal law, forensic investigative methods and case studies, coupled with scientific methods used in forensic laboratories including materials and drug analysis, and DNA technology.



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Students completing this course will have attained a wide range of skills that will enable them to obtain employment in the public and private sectors including forensics, pharmaceuticals, food, environmental and biomedical sectors.

Graduate may go on to develop careers in a diverse range of fields for which a forensic investigation and analytical
science education would provide a firm foundation.

 

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CAO Points 
2012 Points 295
History:


2011 - 335
2010 - 340
2009 - 350
2008 - 280
2007 - 320

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Module Requirements:

Three distinctions and a pass in C20139 or 5N1833 or C20174 or C20175 or LCE Maths


Notes
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