Minimum Requirements for Undergraduate Admission
Graduation from an accredited high school or equivalent, or graduation from an accredited associates degree program, or currently attending an accredited undergraduate associates/bachelors degree program.
For freshman applicants, GPA 2.25. For transfer applicants, GPA 2.0
Satisfactory TOEFL score (500 PBT/61 iBT) or IELTS score 5 or iTEP score of 3.4
*Applicants who are unable to meet the language proficiency standards or who do not have proof of proficiency can receive a Conditional Acceptance, and attend our English as a Second Language program, which is our on campus English language institute.
Criminalists are concerned with the reconstruction of crimes and the analysis of physical evidence. They must use a blend of investigative skills and practical experience. One of the primary functions of a criminalist is to properly identify and collect evidence in a wide variety of crime scenes. Combining scientific and legal methods taught in the classroom with actual experience, you will develop skills in identifying, sorting, comparing, interpreting and cataloging evidence for use in subsequent criminal proceedings.
Our criminalistics courses are uniquely designed as stepping stones throughout the major. You will collect evidence in classes and continue to analyze this evidence in subsequent classes. You begin to learn these processes in Introduction to Forensic Science, which opens you up to an overview of forensic science. Additional courses in the progression are Advanced Criminalistics, Evidence Processing and Trial Evidence. Throughout this progression, you will advance your experience from crime scene to the courtroom.
Ohio Police Officer Training Academy (OPOTA)
To be a sworn police officer in Ohio, you must successfully complete the Ohio Police Officer Training Academy (OPOTA). Tiffin University partners with Terra State Community College to include the cost of the academy in tuition and can be earned in just one semester.
This unique training academy is state mandated for all police officers and covers firearms, legal administration, human relations, traffic, patrol, driving, subject control, investigations, civil disorder, physical conditioning and other aspects of law enforcement. Students apply direct, hands-on practice in the crime lab, firing range and police cruisers. With experienced, certified instructors and hands-on application, our students consistently achieve passing rates on the state-certified exam.
Once graduates of the program earn the certification, they are immediately eligible for full-time employment.
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Core Curriculum of the School of Criminal Justice 18 hours
Criminalistics Major 49 hours
CDS334 Technology and Crime
ENF239 Applied Criminal Investigation & Criminalistics
ENF293 Criminology
ENF355 Forensic Investigation of Sex Crimes
ENF420 Investigative Interviewing
ENF432 Death Investigations
ENF460 Evidence Processing
FSC115 Introduction to Forensic Science
FSC115L Introduction to Forensic Science Lab
JUS461 Senior Seminar in Criminal Justice
JUS465 Trial Evidence (Capstone)
NAT114 Survey of Science
NAT150 Human Anatomy and Physiology
NAT150L Human Anatomy and Physiology lab
NAT291 Drugs and the Body
PSY362 Abnormal Behavior
PSY101 Introduction to Psychology
Total Bachelor of Criminal Justice hours 121
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire Arms and Explosives
Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Coroner’s Office/ Medical Examiner’s Office
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Forensic Laboratories in Police
Intelligence Agencies
Law Enforcement Officer
Private Forensic Agencies in Drug Enforcement
Secret Service
Sheriff’s Offices
U.S. Postal Service
U.S. Secret Service
