Academic Programs

Crime Scene Technician (NDP.CST)

The Crime Scene Technician certificate program is designed to provide students with a foundational understanding of the analytical procedures employed by crime scene technicians. The program covers essential skills including: documenting a crime scene, providing lawful justification for a crime scene search, searching a crime scene, preparing courtroom testimony, and maintaining crime scene resources.

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First Year
First Semester

CORECJS-156

Credit Hours: 3.00

CORECJS-093

Credit Hours: 3.00

CORECJS-096

Credit Hours: 3.00

First Year
Second Semester

CORECJS-160

Credit Hours: 3.00

CORECJS-094

Credit Hours: 3.00

CORECJS-095

Credit Hours: 3.00

FIRST YEAR
First Semester			Hours
CORE	CJS-156	Criminal Law CJS-156 Criminal Law A study of the concept of social order, examining criminal law. Crime is defined and examined as is criminal responsibility, mental state, physical act and other fundamental legal doctrines. Course Outline	3.0
CORE	CJS-093	Basic Crime Scene Investigation CJS-093 Basic Crime Scene Investigation Focuses on the basic understanding of physical evidence search, collection, and processing. Emphasis will be placed on documentation and analysis. Course Outline	3.0
CORE	CJS-096	Forensic Photography CJS-096 Forensic Photography Focuses on the strategies and techniques of documenting a crime scene with the use of a camera and digital image processing software. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the exposure triangle. Course Outline	3.0
	Semester Totals		9.0
Second Semester
CORE	CJS-160	Criminal Evidence and Procedure CJS-160 Criminal Evidence and Procedure Focuses on the application of Constitutional law. Procedural responsibilities of the police as they apply to the constitutional rights of the individual will be emphasized. Course Outline	3.0
CORE	CJS-094	Advanced Crime Scene Investigation CJS-094 Advanced Crime Scene Investigation Focuses on the application of crime scene search, processing, and collection techniques taught in Basic Crime Scene Investigation. Emphasis is placed on the demonstration of knowledge of crime scene investigation through scene examination and processing. Course Outline	3.0
CORE	CJS-095	Crime Scene Reconstruction CJS-095 Crime Scene Reconstruction Focuses on the study and application of the scientific method to crime scene reconstruction by using bloodstain pattern analysis and bullet trajectory analysis. Course Outline	3.0
	Semester Totals		9.0

Total Program Hours

18.0

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Faculty Contact: David A Chambers
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Faculty Phone: 217-234-5310

* There are prerequisites, course requisites, or minimum placement test scores for this course.
** Electives must be approved by the Program Coordinator
+ Course only offered fall semester
++ Course only offered spring and summer semester
+++ Course only offered spring semester
++++ Course offered in summer term only
^ SOS 050 Human Relations and PSY 271 Introduction to Psychology cannot be used as a social science elective
^^ Consult Academic Advisor for appropriate course
^^^ Course requires a 30-hour practicum experience in addition to classroom lecture hours
^^^^ ECE 120 and ECE 125 must be taken the same semester

Crime Scene Technician (NDP.CST)

Catalog Term Year:

First YearFirst Semester

First YearSecond Semester

CJS-156Criminal Law

CJS-093Basic Crime Scene Investigation

CJS-096Forensic Photography

Semester Totals

CJS-160Criminal Evidence and Procedure

CJS-094Advanced Crime Scene Investigation

CJS-095Crime Scene Reconstruction

Semester Totals

Total Program Hours

First Year
First Semester

First Year
Second Semester

CJS-156
Criminal Law

CJS-093
Basic Crime Scene Investigation

CJS-096
Forensic Photography

CJS-160
Criminal Evidence and Procedure

CJS-094
Advanced Crime Scene Investigation

CJS-095
Crime Scene Reconstruction