Electives, Minors, and Second Majors
for Students in the Forensic Anthropology Option
It is strongly recommended that all students take a year of general chemistry (CHEM 161, 162 or 151, 152, 154) and Quantitative Analysis (CHEM 341).
| FORENSIC SPECIALTY | WHERE THEY WORK | RELEVANT MAJORS OR MINORS | SUGGESTED ELECTIVES |
| Accountant | Private, Crime Lab | Business | Accounting, Business |
| Anthropologist, Archaeologist | University, Military, Police Dept. | Anthropology | Anthropology, Archaeology, Anatomy, Chem, Criminology, Geology, Zoology |
| Art | Police Dept., Crime Lab | Fine Arts | Art |
| Attorney | Private, Government | Pre-Law, Sociology, Political Science, Psychology | Criminology, Political Science, Psychology |
| Audiologist, Digital Analyst, | Private, Crime Lab | Computer Science, Physics | Computer Science, Physics, Math |
| Botanist, Entomologist | University, Private | Biological Sciences | Botany, Zoology, Biology |
| Chemist | Crime Lab, Private Lab | Chemistry | Chemistry, Biochemistry |
| Computer Scientist | University, Private, Police Dept. | Computer Science | Computer Science, Math, Physics |
| Corrections Officer | Prison, Court, Government | Sociology | Criminology |
| Criminalist: Fingerprints, Firearms, Toolmarks, Trace Evidence | Crime Lab | Chemistry, Biological Science | Chemistry, Biology, Geology, focus on lab classes |
| Criminologist | University, Government | Sociology | Criminology |
| Dentist, Odontologist | Clinic, Private | Biological Sciences, Chemistry | Biology, Chemistry, Pre-Medical Sciences Curriculum |
| Engineer | Private, Crime Lab | Physics, Chemistry | Physics, Math, Chemistry |
| Judge | Government | Same as Attorney | Same as Attorney |
| Nurse | Hospital, Doctor's Office | Biological Sciences, Psychology | Pre-Nursing Curriculum |
| Pathologist, Medical Examiner | Crime Lab, Hospital, Private | Biological Sciences | Chemistry, Biology, Anatomy,Pre-Medical Sciences Curriculum |
| Photographer | Police Dept., Crime Lab | Fine Arts, Journalism | Photography |
| Police Officer | Police Dept. | Anthropology, Sociology | Forensic Anthro, Criminology, psychology |
| Profiler | Police Dept., Crime Lab | Psychology, Sociology | Psychology, Criminology |
| Psychologist, Psychiatrist | Hospital, College, Police Dept, Private, Prison | Psychology, Biological Sciences | Pre-Medical Sciences Curriculum, Psychology, |
| Serologist | Crime Lab, Private Lab | Biological Sciences | Biology, Genetics, Biochemistry |
| Toxicologist | Crime Lab, Private Lab | Chemistry, Pre-Pharmacy | Chemistry, Pharmacy, Toxicology |