18BT752: Forensic Science BIOTECH Syllabus for BE 7th Sem 2018 Scheme VTU (Open Elective-B)

Forensic Science detailed Syllabus for Biotechnology Engineering (BIOTECH), 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Subject Names, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information, visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the official website of the university.

For all the other VTU BIOTECH 7th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, visit Biotechnology Engineering 7th Sem 2018 Scheme.

For all the (Open Elective-B) subjects refer to Open Elective-B Scheme. The detail syllabus for forensic science is as follows.

Course Objectives:

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Module 1

INTRODUCTION: Introduction, Definition and Scope, History and Development of Forensic science, Legal procedures and use of court. Types of Evidence. Organization of a crime Laboratory services of the crime laboratory, Basic services provided by full service crime laboratories, Physical Science unit, Biological unit, Firearms unit, Document Examination unit. Functions and duties performed by each unit and lab.

Module 2

FORENSIC ANALYSIS AND IMAGING: Analysis of Physical evidence, Expert unit men, specially trained evidence collection technician, Analytical technician. Digital cameras and forensic imaging, Uses of digital imaging, Maintaining chain of control with digital images, digital videos, scanners, presenting pictures in courtroom, Detecting compression and forgeries and Maintaining Records.

Module 3

Module 4

FORENSIC APPLICATIONS: Probability population and sampler, weight of evidence and the Bayesian likelihood ratio, Transfer evidence application of statistics to particular areas of forensic science, Knowledge base systems, Quality base of system General concepts and tools, Arithmetic and logical operation, Developing an algorithm to solve problem, Modularization, Function and procedures, Arrays, File processing , Reports and control breaks, Processing the date.

Module 5

ETHICS IN FORENSICS: The importance of professional ethics to science practitioners, Development of a code of conduct and code of ethics for forensic science, Application of codes and ethics, How ethical requirement, impact the daily work of a forensic scientist, ethical dilemmas and their resolution.

Course Outcomes:

Question paper pattern:

The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks.
Each full question will be for 20 marks.
There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub- questions) from each module.
Each full question will have sub- question covering all the topics under a module.
The students will have to answer five full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

Text Books:

Criminalistics : An Introduction to Forensic Science Richard Saperstein Prentice Hall 11th edition
Introduction to Forensic Sciences William G Eckert CRC Press 2nd edition, 2002
Principles of Forensic Toxicology Barry Levine AACC Press 1999
Textbook of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology V.V. Pillay Paras Medical Publishers 18th Ed.2017

Reference Books:

For the detail Syllabus of all other subjects of BE (BIOTECH) 7th Sem, visit Biotechnology Engineering 7th Sem Subjects.

For all (CBSE & Non-CBSC) BE/B.Tech results, visit VTU BE/B.Tech all semester results.

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