This course presents an overview of forensic investigations from the origins and history of forensic science to the techniques, skills, and limitations of the modern laboratory and the analysis of evidence. It will address the processing, preservation, and documentation of crime/event scenes; types and significance of physical and trace evidence; analyses of various organic and inorganic evidence types; range of interpretations derived from analytical results; and reconstructions of crime/event scenes. Forensic techniques can be applied to a wide range of fields, not just criminology; we will look at some of those applications over the duration of this course.