University of the Witwatersrand
Bachelor of Health Sciences with Honours in Forensic Sciences
The Bachelor of Health Sciences with Honours in Forensic Sciences in Health Professions is offered by University of the Witwatersrand.
Program Length: 1 YEAR.
Bachelor of Health Sciences with Honours in Forensic Sciences offered by the University of the Witwatersrand
The Bachelor of Health Sciences with Honours in the field of Forensic Sciences is a 1 year full-time degree.
The BHSc Honours in Forensic Science is offered by the Division of Forensic Medicine and Pathology in the School of Pathology. The “academic seat” of the Division is currently based at the Johannesburg Forensic Pathology Service (FPS) Medico-Legal Mortuary in Braamfontein, where medico-legal autopsies are also performed.Students who pursue this postgraduate Honours degree would qualify as “Forensic Scientists”. Should students wish to become “Forensic Pathologists”, an MBBCh degree in Medicine is required, whereafter a 4 year registrar training programme in Forensic Pathology has to be successfully completed.
Curriculum
Course content includes:
- Forensic Anthropology
- Forensic Entomology
- Investigative Psychology and Analysis
- DNA and Molecular Techniques
- Forensic Toxicology
- Forensic Pathology (Brief overview)
- Research methodology
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