Virginia Commonwealth University
Semester course; variable laboratory hours. 1-3 credits. 100 hours of laboratory work per credit. 3 credits or 300 hours of laboratory work required for graduation. Students must apply to the program director for this internship a semester in advance. Students conduct replication, validation or other analyses in a specialization area of interest in a laboratory and gain practical experience in crime laboratory practices and methods. The product of this experience will be presentations at a campus seminar and/or professional conference, and a written report. This capstone course should be taken near the end of the degree program.