Check out Kim Duddy's answers to your questions below. A search on the Internet should give you an idea of what schools offer specific forensic-science programs. There are not that many. A few that come to mind are University of New Haven, John Jay College in New York City, George Washington University in Washington, D.C., Berkley in California, Southern Kentucky, possibly a few in Florida, one or two in the Chicago area, Ursinus College in Pennsylvania and a few more, probably in the Northeast. I have always enjoyed taking things apart and figuring out how it all works.
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I used to watch the television show Quincy and wanted to be Sam. I actually started my professional career in geology. Due to the economic climate of this country and a lack of support for mining and exploration many years ago, I chose to continue my desire to enter the field of forensic science and changed my educational focus. I went on to obtain a master's degree in forensic science and to secure a job in forensic science. Each scene is case-specific, and what may be very important evidence for one event may mean nothing in another separate event.