NIJ Advanced Forensic Microscopy: Human and Animal Hair
Course Outline & Syllabus
This course is based on our popular Forensic Hair and Fiber Microscopy course that we offered in 2008 and 2009 through a previous NIJ grant. However, this course will emphasize human and animal hair to offer greater depth of instruction.
Polarized light microscopy will be used for the characterization of human and animal hairs. Course instruction will emphasize hair morphology and optics, including chemical and physical properties as methods of identification.
Prerequisite: The Forensic Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM) course serve as a prerequisite for the advanced courses. Students must complete the Forensic Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM) course or submit proof of competency to the director before an application to the advanced courses will be accepted.