BSc Forensic Science Forensic Science and Chemical Science Practical Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
This degree runs on the Choice Based Credit System throughout, items 6.10, 6.11 and 6.12 of the Academic Council of 17 May 2022, brought in one year at a time from 2022-23. The University has published no NEP 2020 syllabus for it. The University examines only the third year of this degree centrally, under exam forms 1S00815 and 1S00816; the colleges examine the first four semesters.
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Syllabus for Forensic Science and Chemical Science Practical
Forensic Science Practical
- 1 Reconstruction of crime scene based on blood spatter pattern
- 2 Reconstruction of crime scene in arson cases
- 3 Scientific Report writing
- 4 Mock death scene crime investigation
- 5 To calculate mean, frequency distribution from the given data
- 6 To perform various parametric tests from the given data
- 7 To perform various non parametric tests from the given data
- 8 To perform Analysis of variance (ANOVA) on the given data
- 9 To measure skewness, kurtosis and moments from the given data
Chemical Science Practical
- 1 Preparation of urea formaldehyde resin.
- 2 Determination of alkali content in commercially available washing soda sample.
- 3 Synthesis of tetra amine copper (II) sulfate monohydrate complex and its analysis.
- 4 Estimate the amount of copper in given solution by colorimetrically.
- 5 Titrimetric estimation of toxic metal (Pb/Hg/As).
- 6 Analysis of NDPS drugs/Pharma Drugs by color test.
- 7 Interpretation of given NMR spectrum of organic compound. – 04
- 8 Gravimetric estimation of toxic metal (Pb/Hg).
- 9 To determine moisture, ash content in coal by Muffle Furnace.
- 10 Extraction of solvent from given sample by using vacuum evaporator.
- 11 Analysis of fertilizer by FTIR and chemical test.
- 12 Color test analysis of pesticide residue – 02
- 13 Qualitative analysis of gun powder.
- 14 Analysis of Ink Sample by TLC, FT-IR.
- 15 Industry/Laboratory Visit
Text books and Additional References
- 1 Jerry Mohrig’s Laboratory Techniques In Organic Chemistry 4th Ed by W.H. Freeman, ISBN 1464134227
- 2 Vogel’s textbook of macro and semi-micro qualitative inorganic analysis, 5 th Ed, Longman Group Ltd, 1979
- 3 Vogel’s textbook of quantitative chemical analysis, 5 th Ed, Longman Scientific and Technical, 1989
- 4 Practical Aspects of Forensic Chemistry by Anil Kumar Theotia, Rishi Pal, 1 st Ed, Selective and Scientific Books, Delhi, 2013
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Sc. (Forensic Science) under the Choice Based Credit System, in force from the academic year 2024-25. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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