Crime Scene Investigation: Public Safety and Security
ACADEMIC MAP (Effective Summer 2024 and after)
*Please Note: Face-to-face/in-person instruction of this program is ONLY available at the Panama City, FL campus. However, it is available via Online/Distance Learning to all FSU students. Contact the College of Applied Studies for specifics.*
This map is a term-by-term sample course schedule. The milestones listed to the right of each term are designed to keep you on course to graduate in four years. The Sample Schedule serves as a general guideline to help you build a full schedule each term. The General Education and Elective courses must be selected to satisfy all area and multicultural requirements unless your program meets these requirements with major courses. Milestones are courses and special requirements necessary for timely progress to complete a major. Missing milestones will result in one of two types of map registration stops. The first level (Degree Map Off-track) is placed following grade posting if the student has missed a milestone (course and/or GPA) for the first time in the major. If a student is in non-compliance with milestones for two (2) consecutive semesters (excluding summers), a Major Change Required stop is placed on the student's registration.
A degree in Crime Scene Investigation: Public Safety and Security offers a variety of employment opportunities in local, state and federal law enforcement agencies and public and private crime labs. Career prospects in the field include crime scene investigator, crime scene analysts, forensic science technician, crime laboratory assistant, autopsy technician, death investigator, property and evidence personnel, criminalist and more.
Mapping Coordinator: Angie Sexton
Email: asexton@pc.fsu.edu
Sample Schedule and Required Milestones by Term
| Sample Schedule: Term 1 hrs |
| ENC1101 Freshman Composition3 |
| MAC1105 College Algebra3 |
| GE Core History/Cultural Practice3 |
| GE Core Social Science3 |
| Elective3 |
| Required Milestones: Term 1 |
| Complete ENC1101 ( ≥ C minus ) |
| Complete MAC1105 ( ≥ C minus ) |
| GPA ≥ 2.00 and in good academic standing |
| Sample Schedule: Term 2 hrs |
| ENC2135 Research, Genre, and Context3 |
| 2nd GE Mathematics or Statistics course3 |
| GE History3 |
| CGS2060 Computer Fluency3 |
| Elective3 |
| Required Milestones: Term 2 |
| Complete ENC2135 ( ≥ C minus ) |
| Complete 2nd GE Mathematics or Statistics course ( ≥ C minus ) |
| GPA ≥ 2.00 and in good academic standing |
| Sample Schedule: Term 3 hrs |
| GE Humanities/ Cultural Practice3 |
| GE Social Science3 |
| GE Core Natural Science with Lab (BSC2010 Biological Science I, CHM1020 Chemistry for Liberal Studies, PHY1020 Fundamentals of Physics or BSC2085 Anatomy and Physiology I suggested)3 |
| Oral Communication Competency4 |
| Elective4 |
| Required Milestones: Term 3 |
| BSC2010, CHM1020, PHY1020 or BSC2085 Strongly Recommended to be completed |
| GPA ≥ 2.00 and in good academic standing |
| Sample Schedule: Term 4 hrs |
| GE Natural Science (BSC2010 Biological Science I, CHM1020 Chemistry for Liberal Studies, PHY1020 Fundamentals of Physics or BSC2085 Anatomy and Physiology I suggested)3 |
| GE Ethics3 |
| GE Social Science3 |
| Elective3 |
| Elective3 |
| Required Milestones: Term 4 |
| BSC2010, CHM1020, PHY1020 or BSC2085 Strongly Recommended to be completed |
| GPA ≥ 2.00 and in good academic standing |
| Sample Schedule: Term 5 hrs |
| CCJ3024 The Criminal Justice System3 |
| CJE3648 Crime Scene Professionalism3 |
| CJE4611 Criminal Investigation: Theory & Practice3 |
| CJE3762 Forensic Science in Investigation and CJE3762 Lab4 |
| Required Milestones: Term 5 |
| Civic Literacy requirement |
| GPA ≥ 2.00 and in good academic standing |
| Sample Schedule: Term 6 hrs |
| CJE4655 Crime & Accident Scene Imaging & Reconstruction1 |
| CJE4615 Conduct of Investigation3 |
| CJE4638 Forensic Death Investigation3 |
| Elective3 |
| Elective3 |
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| **SUMMER** |
| CJE4655L Crime & Accident Scene Imaging & Reconstruction Lab2 |
| CJE4638L Forensic Death Investigation Lab2 |
| Required Milestones: Term 6 |
| Complete CJE3762 and Lab |
| GPA ≥ 2.00 and in good academic standing |
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| Sample Schedule: Term 7 hrs |
| CCJ3071 Computer Applications for Public Safety and Security3 |
| CCJ4744 Evidential Reasoning for Research & Investigation3 |
| CJE4135 Impression and Pattern Evidence2 |
| CJE4241 Trace & Biometric Evidence1 |
| Elective3 |
| Required Milestones: Term 7 |
| CJE4655 Lab and CJE4638 Lab completed |
| Request graduation check |
| GPA ≥ 2.00 and in good academic standing |
| Sample Schedule: Term 8 hrs |
| CJE4710 Capstone3-15 |
| Elective(s) (if needed)0-9 |
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| **SUMMER** |
| CJE4135L Impression and Pattern Evidence Lab2 |
| CJE4241L Trace & Biometric Evidence Lab2 |
| Required Milestones: Term 8 |
| Apply for graduation in 1st two weeks |
| GPA ≥ 2.00 and in good academic standing |
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Employment Information
Representative Job Titles Related to this Major: Career prospects in the field include crime scene investigator, crime scene analysts, forensic science technician, crime laboratory assistant, autopsy technician, death investigator, property and evidence personnel, criminalist and more.
Representative Employers: A degree in Crime Scene Investigation: Public Safety and Security offers a variety of employment opportunities in local, state and federal law enforcement agencies or public and private crime labs.
International Opportunities: International study is available for all students and may include opportunities for internships or taking course work towards various majors and minors. International study may have an impact on the MAP; therefore, it is important to consult with the academic advisor before participating. Interested students can find information about international study, research, internships, and service opportunities at: global.fsu.edu/undergraduate-students/going-abroad.
This Map is not a contract, either expressed or implied, between the University and the student, but represents a flexible program of the current curriculum which may be altered from time to time to carry out the academic objectives of the University. The University specifically reserves the right to change, delete or add to any Map at any time within the student’s period of study at the University.
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