{"id":27696,"date":"2013-03-11T10:28:46","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T14:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/?page_id=27696"},"modified":"2023-03-30T12:43:14","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T16:43:14","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/bmfs\/curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/gms\/files\/2013\/03\/Bloodstain-course-636x270.jpg\" alt=\"students working in lab\" width=\"895\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-55950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/files\/2013\/03\/Bloodstain-course-636x270.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/files\/2013\/03\/Bloodstain-course.jpg 754w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 895px) 100vw, 895px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 38-credit Biomedical Forensic Sciences Program curriculum is comprised of three main topics of study:<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/bmfs\/courses\/core-curriculum\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Core Curriculum<\/a><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Core courses cover essential topics in forensic sciences that provide the necessary training for students to work in a forensic laboratory as well as independent scientific research. Many courses include laboratory components in which students gain hands-on experience with equipment, methods and techniques.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/bmfs\/curriculum\/lab-courses\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forensic Laboratory Classes<\/a><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition to the core courses, a minimum of 2 laboratory courses are required, for a total of 4 credits of laboratory. The BMFS program offers a variety of laboratory courses throughout the year.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/bmfs\/curriculum\/electives\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Electives<\/a><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Elective courses emphasize biomedical specialties related to forensic science. These courses provide students with in-depth knowledge of various topics\u00a0such as death investigation, anthropology and anatomy. In addition, several electives provide advanced training in topics covered in core courses. \u00a0A minimum of 8 elective course credits are required.<\/p>\n<p>Explore the full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/students\/gms-course-offerings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Schedule of Classes<\/a> offered by GMS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 38-credit Biomedical Forensic Sciences Program curriculum is comprised of three main topics of study: Core Curriculum Core courses cover essential topics in forensic sciences that provide the necessary training for students to work in a forensic laboratory as well as independent scientific research. Many courses include laboratory components in which students gain hands-on experience [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3330,"featured_media":0,"parent":27659,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27696"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3330"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27696"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92674,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27696\/revisions\/92674"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}