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 Recording of Rolled and Plain Fingerprint for Ten Digit Classification
- 2 Collection and Identification of Fingerprint Pattern
- 3 To study the minutiae and matching of fingerprints
- 4 To perform ridge counting and ridge tracing
- 5 Study of palm prints
- 6 Study the effect of various conditions on the development of latent prints
- 7 To develop fingerprints using powder method
- 8 To develop fingerprints using ninhydrin method
- 9 To develop fingerprints using iodine fuming
- 10 To develop fingerprints using silver nitrate method
- To develop fingerprints using superglue fuming
Chemical Science Practical
- 1 TLC analysis of a given dye and pesticide. – 04
- 2 Separation and individual analysis of one the organic compounds in given binary mixture. - 02
- 3 Solvent extraction technique.
- 4 Detection of explosive ions from explosion residues by colour tests.
- 5 Detection of adulteration in the given food sample.
- 6 Estimation of Aspirin from in tablet.
- 7 Titration – Complexometric (EDTA titration)
- 8 pH- metric Titration – 01
- 9 Conductometric Titration (Mixture of strong acid and weak acid vs strong base)- 02
- 10 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 2023-24. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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