ProgramCIP 43.0402

Criminalistics and Criminal Science

A program that focuses on the application of clinical and criminal laboratory science, investigative techniques, and criminology to the reconstruction of crimes and the analysis of physical evidence. Includes instruction in laboratory science, laboratory procedures, criminology and police science, evidentiary testing and analysis, computer applications, record-keeping, reconstruction techniques, evidence handling and storage, and applications to specific types of evidence and crimes.

Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).

Replaces earlier code 43.0111.