Master of Professional Studies in Forensic Science
The Master of Professional Studies (MPS) in Forensic Science is an inter-college degree program housed in the Eberly College of Science and is offered through a collaboration of the Departments of Anthropology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biology, Chemistry, Entomology, Psychology, and Sociology. The program is offered by Penn State graduate faculty members, with enrichment by mentors from the academic faculty, public crime laboratories, and private forensic laboratories.
The curriculum is designed to provide students with innovative, hands-on, and multidisciplinary learning approaches to educate and train them in crime scene investigation, the science behind forensics, courtroom proceedings, and the ethical and social issues that they will be exposed to when they join the forensic community. In addition, the program will develop teamwork and communication skills, which will be important when working actual cases in a crime laboratory.