3425 Edgemont Rd. Minimum 20 units of formal graduate courses, ten units of thesis and oral examination. Residency - two semesters minimum. Certificate programs in firearms and questioned documents are offered, so courses in these must be available. Postgraduate degree in Chemical Criminalistics Student must hold a bachelor's degree in science or forensic science or qualifications judged equivalent.
Instruction is in the French language.
The M.S. in Forensic Science involves three course units, each unit including 48 hours of lectures and 96 hours of practical work. In addition, the student undertakes a practical project of 6-8 weeks during the summer. An undergraduate background in chemistry and biochemistry and command of the English language is required for admission to the program. A research project of about four months is conducted in a working forensic laboratory. A Ph.D. program involving a minimum of 33 months of full- time research is available.