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Loyola University Maryland

Forensic Studies

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Forensic Studies

Forensic Studies encompasses the wide array of academic disciplines that apply the knowledge, techniques, and technology to the investigation of crime and the courts of law. Loyola offers both an undergraduate major and minor in forensic studies and a Master of Science in Forensic Pattern Analysis that prepares graduate-level students to enter the in-demand—and growing—field of forensic science as latent printer examiners, firearms/toolmarks examiners, crime scene investigators, and numerous related fields. All Loyola forensic studies students graduate ready and prepared to make a difference.

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An Introduction to Forensic Science Learn about the field of forensics and acquire the lab techniques needed to conduct crime scene investigations.
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Undergraduate Programs Loyola offers both a 14-course interdisciplinary forensic studies major and a 6-course minor to undergraduate students.
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Master’s in Forensic Pattern Analysis Loyola’s Master of Science in Forensic Pattern Analysis prepares students for immediate entry into an in-demand and growing field.
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Student Opportunities From unique scholarship and internships to a thriving forensic club, there are a number of student opportunities available to Loyola forensic studies students.

Why Study Forensic Studies at Loyola?

Traditionally, forensic programs focus heavily on sciences, such as biology and chemistry. What makes Loyola’s program unique is a truly interdisciplinary approach. The Forensic Studies curriculum encompasses 16 departments of academic focus—the most of any program in the country—six of which offer a capstone experience. Students engage with subjects ranging from philosophy to engineering and take courses such as forensic entomology, security ethics, and business intelligence and data mining.

Loyola students are poised for competitive internships and job placement in one of the top regions in the country for forensic work. In fact, the Baltimore-Washington, D.C., metro area is among the fastest-growing hubs for biotechnology and biohealth, forensic psychology and counseling, criminal investigation and justice, and counter-terrorism.

Maryland ranked #1 by Forbes for US Cities with highest concentration of STEM Jobs.

Demand for professionals with forensic training has never been greater—in public, private, and nonprofit organizations across the country.

Employers seek graduates who not only have knowledge in and understanding of the field, but who can apply their breadth of understanding, interdisciplinary approaches, critical understanding, ability to work as a member of a team, excellent communication, and deductive reasoning to their work. These are the very skills Forensic Studies students acquire through the classroom, extra- and cocurricular involvement, and internships and job experience.

Meet the Forensic Studies Community

Christopher Thompson
Faculty Christopher Thompson, Ph.D. Through Loyola’s core curriculum, our students take a variety of courses which help them understand people and society in very novel ways. Combined with their innate passion to help others, this allows for personal and professional student development that is remarkably different from what others receive.
Graham McAleer
Faculty Graham McAleer, Ph.D. A Loyola education is a serious dive into the animating concepts, and background assumptions, of civilizations. Trite answers are rejected; complex, historically informed investigations, demanded.
Chris Goodson
Students Chris Loyola brings about this sense of community and accepts all—no matter what race, religion, gender, sexuality, and/or background people come from. There is a piece of Loyola for everyone.
Allen Brizee
Faculty Allen Brizee, Ph.D. A Jesuit, liberal-arts education is dedicated to solving the most challenging problems facing our society today.

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