2. UNH Graduate School Overview
• Offering graduate degrees since 1969
• 30 degree programs & 25 graduate certificates
• Convenient, trimester scheduling
• Night and weekend class availability
• Small class sizes
• Personal attention
4. Graduate Program
• 40 credits
• Accelerated
• Trimester system
• Full-time students
▫ 5 trimesters
▫ 9 credits per trimester
• Part-time student
▫ Complete within 5 years
5. Typical Course Load
• Full-time students take 3 courses per trimester
▫ Additional courses can be taken with advisor
permission
▫ Does not shorten program
• Part-time students take 1 – 2 courses
7. Entry into Criminalistics
• Undergraduate degree in a scientific discipline
• GPA typically 3.5 or above
• Must sit the GRE’s
• Must have significant science coursework if
major is not a natural or physical science
11. Entry into Advanced Investigation
• Many different majors accepted
• At least one year of science with lab in
undergraduate coursework
• GPA typically 3.0 or above
• No requirement to sit GRE’s
• Not suitable for career goal of lab work
▫ Cannot switch track to Criminalistics
12. Advanced Investigation
• Learning Objectives • Modern investigative techniques
based on core courses • Advanced Crime Scene
Investigation
only:
• Pattern Recognition
• Crime Scene Technology
• Medicolegal Investigation
• General forensic techniques
• Law and Evidence or Criminal
Procedures
13. Coursework
• Survey of Forensic Science
• Core Courses:
▫ 24 credits • Advanced Investigation (I and II)
• Medicolegal Investigation of Death
• Advanced Criminalistics I (Biology)
• Advanced Criminalistics II
(Chemistry)
• Physical Analysis in Forensic Science
• Advanced Crime Scene Investigation
• Capstone Experience
▫ Internship
▫ Research Project
14. Electives in Forensic Science
• Depending on availability • Forensic Toxicology
and level of science: • Forensic Microscopy
• Chemistry of Fire and Explosives
• Advanced Fingerprints
• Examination of Firearms Evidence
• Expert Witnessing
• Special Applications of Forensic
Photography
• Forensic Engineering
15. Electives in Other Departments
• Criminal Justice
• National Security
• Psychology
• Fire Science
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Languages
▫ Arabic
17. Internship – Advanced Investigation
• 160 hours
• Approved location
• Internships obtained by the student
▫ Crime scene units
▫ Police departments
▫ Sex offender registry
▫ Cold case units
▫ Chief State’s Attorney
▫ CIA
▫ NCIS
18. Thesis
• Criminalistics track students must complete a thesis
(6 credits) as their capstone experience
• Each faculty member has different research interests
▫ Archaeological, ancient relics
▫ Crime scene methods
▫ DNA
▫ Drugs and Toxicology
▫ Trace Evidence
▫ Instrumental analysis
19. Special Thesis Opportunities
• University of Verona, Italy
▫ Capillary electrophoresis course
▫ Future possibility of PhD
• University of Split, Croatia
▫ DNA
▫ War remains
20. Teaching Assistantships
• Approx. 5 new positions available for 2012
• Some are within Forensic Science
• Remaining positions are elsewhere on campus
▫ Chemistry
▫ Biology
▫ Other
• 50% tuition plus hourly wage (200 hrs/trimester)
21. Teaching Assistantships
• Offers for TA positions are usually made when a
place in the program is offered
• Any unfilled TA positions are filled after 1st May
through Graduate Admissions and Financial Aid
• Many positions become available later in the
year
22. Faculty
• Every member of the Forensic Science
Department faculty has been a practitioner in
his/her specialized field
23. Timothy Palmbach, M.S.,J.D.
• Department chair
• Major (Ret.) Connecticut
State Police
• Head of Division of
Scientific Services
• Major Crime Squad
24. Howard Harris, M.S., Ph.D., J.D.
• Professor
• Director New York City Police
Department Crime Lab
• Director Monroe County
Public Safety Laboratory, NY
• New York State Crime
Laboratory Commission
• Research Chemist Shell Oil
• Former Chair of Forensic
Science Department
25. Fred Smith, M.S., Ph.D.
• Professor
• Director of Forensic Science
program at the University
of Alabama
• Scientific Director of
AccuTox, a forensic urine
drug testing facility
26. Azriel Gorski, M.Sc., Ph.D.
• Associate Professor
• Undergraduate coordinator
• Professor Hebrew University of
Jerusalem
• Head of Israeli National Police
Forensic Laboratory
• Director of Kennewick Forensic
Laboratory, WA State Patrol
• Supervisor Spokane Forensic
Laboratory
• Scientist Pennsylvania State
Police Crime Lab
27. Virginia Maxwell, D.Phil.
• Associate Professor
• Graduate Coordinator
• 15 years at the State of
Connecticut Forensic Science
Laboratory
• Supervisor Trace Evidence
Section
• Department of National
Defence, Canada
28. Mike Adamovicz, Ph.D.
• Associate Professor
• Supervisor of Nuclear DNA,
Ct Forensic Lab
• Supervisor of Mitochondrial
DNA, CT Forensic Lab
29. Heather Coyle, M.S., Ph.D.
• Associate Professor
• State of Connecticut Forensic
Science Laboratory
• DNA Unit
• Supervisor Mitochondrial
DNA Unit
30. Peter Massey, M.S.
• Lecturer
• Detective, Hamden Police
Department
• Crime scene expert
32. Adjunct Faculty
• Lt. Dave Rice
• Dave San Pietro
• Kevin Parisi
• Amy Dorsey
• Ken Zercie
• Lt. Gerry Narowski
• Dr. Robert Powers
• Art Belanger
• Bob Hathaway
33. Henry C. Lee Institute
• Training programs in Forensic Science for the
criminal justice community
• Arnold Markle Symposium
34. Facilities
• Renovated laboratories Crime scene rooms
(touch screen technology)
• Evidence processing rooms
• State-of-the art DNA laboratory
• Instrumentation rooms – new SEM, XRD, Raman
• State-of-the art firearms microscope
• AFIS system
• Video enhancement system
• IBIS system
• SICAR system
• PDQ database
35. Blackboard
• Forensic Science Majors Community
▫ Graduate handbook
▫ Forms
▫ Information
▫ Training
▫ Employment
• GFSC
36. Student Life
• Housing
▫ Off-campus housing listings
http://www.newhaven.edu/graduateservices
▫ Blackboard “roommate finder” forum
• Clubs and Organizations
▫ Graduate Student Council
▫ Graduate Forensic Science Club
▫ International Student Association
▫ …and others
37. Application Process
• Apply online by March 15th at
www.newhaven.edu
▫ Application is currently available fee-free online
for a limited time
• Application materials:
▫ Two letters of recommendation
▫ Official College Transcripts
▫ GRE Scores (Criminalistics)
▫ Personal Statement
38. Admission Procedure
• Submit all required materials to:
Graduate Admissions
University of New Haven
300 Boston Post Road
West Haven, CT 06516
• Decisions generally come within a few weeks
once an application is complete
39. Financial Aid
• All U.S. resident students eligible for Stafford
Loans
▫ $20,500 per year
• Graduate Assistantships
• Graduate PLUS and private loans
• FAFSA required
40. View this presentation online at:
http://www.slideshare.net/unhgradschool
Contact Information:
Your Graduate Admissions Counselor: Leila Krutt
lkrutt@newhaven.edu
203-931-2988
Marcus Hanscom
mhanscom@newhaven.edu
203-932-7277
Graduate Admissions
gradinfo@newhaven.edu
203-932-7440