Online Training

The FSI offers award winning online education in a wide range of topics. The courses that are currently being offered are:

• Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS)
• Ethics in Forensic Science
• Hair Evaluation for DNA Analysis
• Integrated Ballistics Identification Systems (IBIS)
• Roles in Forensic Science: the Sociological Perspective
• The Basics of Biological Evidence
• The Science of Fingerprints
• Introduction of Forensic Photography
• Forensic Mass Spectrometry
• Introduction to Forensic Drug Chemistry
• Introduction to Firearms and Toolmarks
• Introduction to Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
• Forensic Science 101: An Introduction
• Fundamentals of Forensic Questioned Documents
• Shooting Reconstruction (NEW)

Courses that are being developed at this time are Perspectives in Expert Testimony, Introduction to Crime Scene Investigation, Introduction to Forensic Entomology, Introduction to Evidence Processing, and Forensic Fiber & Textile Analysis. These will be launched in the Spring of 2010.

The online courses were developed under an award from the National Institute of Justice and are free to practicing forensic scientists that are with a state or local agency. There is a nominal fee for federal and private agencies.

For further information on these courses or how to register, please visit WVU’s Extended Learning—Forensic Science Continuing Education .