Forensic Science (BFS)

Program Overview & Highlights

Honours 4-Year Program
BFS

Deepen your understanding of crime scenes and forensic analysis. Take criminology courses and gain more knowledge of the criminal justice system. Learn from leading experts and gain the degree needed to accelerate your career.

Our professors conduct forensic casework and incorporate real-life experiences into their teaching. We supplement your classroom learning with mock crime scenes and labs to provide work-place simulations. You’ll get training in scientific techniques and crime scene investigation from a variety of professionals, including academics, forensic practitioners, police, lawyers, and expert witnesses.

An Ontario first! Students with previous college studies in Police Foundations with satisfactory grades can obtain Advanced Standing in this applied forensic science stream.

Multidisciplinary, combining knowledge of forensic techniques with disciplinary subject specialization.

Concentrations in Human Biology, Forensic Chemistry, and Ecology of Death

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1:20

faculty to student ratio - the best in Ontario and one of the best in Canada

>85%

>85% employment rate in field of study 6 months after graduation

Admission Requirements

High School Student from Canada

Course Requirements: Advanced Functions/MHF4U, Chemistry/SCH4U, Biology/SBI4U. English/ENG4U.
Strongly Recommended: Physics/SPH4U
Recommended: Calculus & Vectors/MCV4U
Minimum Average: 70% (70% average of all required science and math courses.)
Mean Average: 85%

High School Student from Outside Canada and the United States (International)

Course Requirements: Grade 12 Advanced Functions, Grade 12 Chemistry, Grade 12 Biology. Grade 12 English.
Strongly Recommended: Grade 12 Physics
Recommended: Grade 12 Calculus & Vectors
Minimum Average: 70% (70% average of all required science and math courses.)
Mean Average: 85%

Academic Calendars

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Career Tracks

Forensic biologist/chemist
surveillance specialist
lab technician
crime scene officer
pathology assistant

Related Programs

Criminology

Sociology and Criminology

Biological Sciences

Chemistry

Plan Your Program

Term: Fall 2025

Important Notes

These are the required courses for the Bachelor of Forensic Science program for all concentrations (Forensic Human Biology, Forensic Chemistry, Ecology of Death).

Required Course Notes

*Choose PHYS 1300 for Forensic Human Biology or Ecology of Death concentrations. Choose PHYS 1400 for Forensic Chemistry concentration.

**Students who have credit for MCV4U Calculus and Vectors may register in MATH 1720; those who do not have MCV4U should register in MATH 1760.

Required Courses

BIOL 1101: Cell Biology

CHEM 1100: General Chemistry I

PHYS 1300: Introductory Physics for Life Sciences I

PHYS 1400: Introductory Physics I

MATH 1720: Differential Calculus

This course will cover trigonometric functions and identities, inverse trigonometric functions, limits and continuity, derivatives and applications, mean value theorem, indeterminate forms and l’Hôpital’s rule, antiderivatives and an introduction to definite integrals. This course is for students who have taken both Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U) and Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U). Students who do not have credit for MCV4U should take MATH-1760. (Prerequisites: Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U) and Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U) or MATH-1780.) (Antirequisite: MATH-1760.) (3 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour per week.)

MATH 1760: Functions and Differential Calculus

This course will cover a review of functions, trigonometric functions and identities, transcendental functions, inverse trigonometric functions, introduction to limits, continuity, derivatives and applications, mean value theorem, indeterminate forms and l’Hôpital’s rule, antiderivatives and an introduction to definite integrals. This course is for students who have taken Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U), but have not taken Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U). Students who have credit for MCV4U should take MATH-1720. The course is equivalent to MATH-1720 for all prerequisite purposes. (Prerequisite: Ontario Grade 12Advanced Functions (MHF4U).) (Antirequisite: MATH-1720.) (4 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour per week.)

FRSC 1000: Introduction to Forensic Science

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