Forensic and Digital Investigation with Industrial Placement BSc (Hons)

**On this exciting four-year course, you’ll learn from experts in the Criminal Justice System and emergency services and get the chance to impress an employer during a placement year.**<br/><br/>Our Forensic and Digital investigation with Industrial Placement course will give you a solid grounding in both forensic science and digital forensics and during a placement year, youll be able to put these skills into practice and showcase your skills to employers.<br/><br/>Taught by industry experts with years of practical experience, you will gain a hands-on understanding of each discipline and how they combine to help solve real-life criminal investigations.<br/><br/>A typical day could see you employing the latest digital technologies and programming languages alongside investigating specialist forensic techniques such as blood pattern analysis, homicide investigation or Disaster Victim Identification.<br/><br/>This course offers a unique combination of modules merging traditional forensics with digital forensic techniques. Currently identified as two separate areas of specialism, introducing conventional forensic science principles into cyber forensics will address a glaring gap in the skills market. Given that digital evidence is often a key factor in many court cases, staying at the forefront of the discipline is an important issue for all forensic professionals.<br/><br/>If youre excited by the prospect of entering the world of forensics and digital investigation, this four-year course is the ideal start for your professional future.<br/><br/>**What you should know about this course**<br/><br/><br/>- Use the placement year to get a head-start in your future career. Showcase your growing scientific skills to employers, as you work alongside industry professionals<br/><br/><br/>- We offer specialist forensic provision, outstanding laboratory and crime scene facilities.<br/><br/><br/>- Practical facilities allow you to practice scenarios you will find in the workplace, including crime scene examination rooms and vehicles and an entomology facility.<br/><br/><br/>- This course is taught at our Medway Campus in Chatham Maritime, Kent, with one day a week at our Greenwich Campus.<br/>