My son is interested in Forensic Science as a career, what subjects should he study at school?

Question

At mo he's taking Chemistry, Physics, Maths etc and going to take O grades later this school year but can change some of his subjects next year would it be advantageous if he took Biology

Answer 1

Biology, Physics, Chemistry - At least for GCSE, also at A level.

A strong background in maths would also help, as it is a science and compliments physics. But English should not be ignored, communication is quite important.

At degree level you should be looking at Chemistry while taking modules in Biology where you can.

Ask at your local police station, they will be able to put you in touch with people who can guide you and may even find you a route into the occupation of Forensic Scientist at a trainee level or something similar, expect at least degree level education with a high grade 2:1 or above to be taken through this route though, hope that helps.

Answer 2

I would have thought that chemistry and biology were the two most important subjects for that career.
Of course he'll get nowhere unless he's passed maths and english, so in a sense, they're the most important subjects because they're core.
Once he gets to university level, I think there are degrees in that type of science that you can do now. I'm not entirely sure which seats of learning run those courses but it's worth looking.
You could also contact the police force for your county and see if they would be willing to pay a bursary to help with his studies, provided he takes a job with them upon completion of his qualifications. They may be prepared to do that for the right kind of people, especially in a particular field like that.

Answer 3

GCSE - Maths, English, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Science

A-level - Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Science

Answer 4

Yes, Biology would be good - an essential part of forensic science is DNA profiling. If the TV drama DoNovAn is shown again with Tom Conti - watch it - really good and shows a bit about the work of a forensic scientist. Good title too! lol Samantha Bond plays his wife...

Answer 5

i was going to do forensic science.. dont know whats its like in the UK but over here the course are more Environmental Science orientated and only small parts of forensic science.

When i looked into it the only real way of getting into forensic was to join the Garda first and then you could eventually get into labs and they trained everyone internally from there..

As i said its like that over here.. maybe not the uk.. I would tell him to look into in detail though.. cos its not like what you see on the TV

Answer 6

the best way to look at the subjects is to go to the different university websites that he/she maybe intrested in and look at the entery requirements as different universitys require different subjects...the sciences are of cource a must but he may not have to take all of them... i wanted to do forensic science but opted for psychology with criminology and even though i had done psychology for four years already and they told me that haveing done psychology wasnt really an issue as long as i had the points from my grades collectivly!!!

my best suggestion is looking at the university websites

www.ucas.co.uk and you can look at all the cources there

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Answer 7

Psychology

Answer 8

Bachelor of Science in Vulcanizing

Answer 9

im the same with forensic science. i tuk all three sciences and have A* targets. im hopin thatll be eenough but i dont no.

Answer 10

science