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Course Overview

A criminalistics degree will provide you the knowledge and training you need to solve the crime. Saint Leo's Criminal Justice. Crime scene analysts process evidence—like DNA, fingerprints, and bullets—in a forensics lab to help identify suspects and reconstruct the events of a crime.

Criminalistics is the application of scientific methods to the recognition, collection, identification, and comparison of physical evidence generated by the criminal or illegal civil activity. It also involves the reconstruction of such events by evaluation of the physical evidence and the crime scene.

Learn the latest techniques from faculty members who've served as real-life crime scene investigators. At Saint Leo, you'll develop expert knowledge on crime scene processing, fingerprint analysis, evidence preservation, and blood stain interpretation, while building job-ready skills in scientific writing and courtroom testimony.

Saint Leo University has produced an alumni network of Criminalistics professionals who have enjoyed successful careers as Crime Lab Analysts, Crime Scene Investigators, Forensic Engineers, Medical Examiners and much more. 

Entry Requirement 

Admission Requirements:

All international candidates for admission must prove English language proficiency by at least one of the following:

  1. Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) - minimum score of 45 iBT
  2. International English Language Testing System (IELTS) - minimum score of 5.0
  3. Pearson Test of English Academics (PTE A) - minimum score of 35
  4. Successful completion of ELS Level 109
  5. For transfer students, two semesters with grades of B or higher in English composition courses at regionally accredited post-secondary institutions in the United States
  6. Successful completion of a NAFSA-recognized ESL program
  7. Duolingo English Test - minimum score of 75
  8. Students who meet these requirements are eligible for admission to Saint Leo University through the Bridge Program. Undergraduate students will be required to utilize elective credits for English courses and graduate students will be required to take the foundation component of their program. Student’s English Proficiency scores will determine placement into the Bridge program. 
  9. Students may be exempt from the Bridge program if English proficiency scores meet or exceed one of the following: TOEFL 79 iBT (Minimum 19 subscores), IELTS 6.5 (Minimum 6.0 band scores), PTE A 53 (Minimum 52 band scores), ELS Level 112, or Duolingo 105.

    Saint Leo University reserves the right to require a student to take Bridge classes to increase English proficiency in a particular area, regardless of total test scores. Other English language examination results will also be considered, and experience studying in the English language, as documented through school transcripts, will be taken into consideration.

Fees

Cost of Attendance*

Undergraduate - Per Year

  • On Campus: $23990 Tuition (12-18 Credits)
  • Off Campus: $23990 Tuition (12-18 Credits)

Undergraduate - Per Semester

  • On Campus: $11995 Tuition (12-18 Credits)
  • Off Campus: $11995 Tuition (12-18 Credits)

Notes:

*Full time refers to 12-19 credit hours per semester.
**Tuition may increase annually
1-11 credit hours per semester = $620.00 per credit hour
19 or more credit hours per semester (excluding 3+1 students) = $330.00 per credit hour


This information was accurate on : 17/03/2021
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