Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2011

• 43. - Security and protective services
• 43.01 - Criminal justice and corrections

43.0106 - Forensic science and technology

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of the physical, biomedical, and social sciences to the analysis and evaluation of physical evidence, human testimony and criminal suspects. These programs include courses in forensic medicine, forensic dentistry, anthropology, psychology, entomology, pathology, forensic laboratory technology and autopsy procedures, DNA and blood pattern analysis, crime scene analysis, crime scene photography, fingerprint technology, document analysis, witness and suspect examination procedures, applicable law and regulations, and professional standards and ethics.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • forensic scienceforensic investigation - forensic science, forensic studies
  • forensic science and technology
  • forensic science technology

• Exclusion(s)

  • criminal science(43.0111)
  • criminology(45.0401)
  • forensic accounting(43.0117)
  • forensic chemistry(40.0510)
  • forensic pathology - residency(60.0517)
  • forensic psychology(42.2812)