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                            CSI: UWG

Students pose after the Mock Trial. Students test urine and unknown substance for drugs.
Fall 2007

 

 
Crime scene tape and chalk outlines of bodies on campus does not mean there has been a crime spree on campus. CSI:UWG is an innovative interdisciplinary course that introduces entering freshman to forensics and crime scene investigation. Students will collect evidence, dust for fingerprints, determine the time of death, identify blood, drugs and soil types as they apply science and math to solve a series of staged crimes on campus.

In this Learning Community you will team up with 24 other students and share a course curriculum for your first year, including Biology, Chemistry, and English (08-09 schedules are available in Web and MSWord). In addition, these students will register early for classes and form close-knit friendships in an environment with a proven track record of earning higher grades.

As part of all introductory math and science courses, peer-led assistance programs will give groups of students the opportunity to learn from each other in problem-solving sessions. Plus, paid summer research opportunities are available where participating students will learn research methods, generate and analyze data, and present their results in a professional symposium.

To enroll in this Learning Community, apply for the CSI:UWG Learning Community when you register for Orientation. During Orientation Registration you will make a first, second, and third choice of First-Year Programs. Your choices will be transmitted electronically to the program coordinator of your first-choice program. That coordinator will evaluate your record and either accept you or forward your form to your second-choice program, and so on. You will be informed of your First-Year Program when you arrive for Orientation and check in.

To apply for the CSI Learning Community, please click on the Orientation link above.
 

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"This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0336571." "Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation."