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# STARK STATE COLLEGE GENERAL SYLLABUS

## Course Information

Course Name: Forensic Chemistry

Course Number: CHM205

## Required Materials


<table border=1 style='margin: auto; word-wrap: break-word;'><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Textbook(s):</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Textbook: Bell, Suzanne. Forensic Chemistry, 3rd Edition, CRC Press Taylor &amp; Francis Group</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>ISBN: 978-1-138-33984-2</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Lab Manual: experiment are available on blackboard to print with additional quick guide</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>reference help sheets.</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'></td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Required Readings:</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Lab materials provided by instructor</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Additional Materials:</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Additional Required Materials Safety goggles and a carbon copy notebook both available for purchase in the bookstore.</td></tr></table>

## Course Outline/Calendar

The date of coverage and order of coverage may be modified based on the faculty member and events beyond the control of faculty members that interfere with class times and teaching.

Class


<table border=1 style='margin: auto; word-wrap: break-word;'><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Week</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Chapter/Topic/Lab</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>1</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Introduction to Basic Chemistry Concepts and Applications</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>2</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Chapter 3: Chemical Fundamentals: Partitioning, Equilibria, and Acid-Base Chemistry</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>3</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Chapter 4: Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Chapter 5: Spectroscopy</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>4</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Review for Exam 1 Exam 1 covering Chapters 4, 5, and 6</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>5</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Chapter 6: Drugs and Poisons</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>6</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Chapter 7: Novel Psychoactive Substances Chapter 8: Fundamentals of Toxicology</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>7</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Chapter 8: Fundamentals of Toxicology Chapter 9: Applications of Forensic Toxicology</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>8</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Review for Exam 2 Exam 2 covering chapters 6, 7, 8, and 9</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>9</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Chapter 10: Overview of Combustion Chemistry Chapter 11: Fire investigation and Fire Debris Analysis</td></tr></table>

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<table border=1 style='margin: auto; word-wrap: break-word;'><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Week</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Chapter/Topic/Lab</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>10</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Chapter 12: Explosives</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>11</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Review for Exam 3Exam 3 covering Chapters 10, 11, and 12</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>12</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Chapter 13: Firearms and Firearms Discharge ResidueChapter 14: Forensic Chemistry and Trace Evidence Analysis</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>13</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Review for Exam 4Exam 4 covering Chapters 13 and 14</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>14</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Open</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>15</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Review for Final Exam</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>16</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Comprehensive Final Exam</td></tr></table>

Labs


<table border=1 style='margin: auto; word-wrap: break-word;'><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Week</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Exp #</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Name of Experiments</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>1</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>0</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Expectations and Best Practices and Safety (Instructional)</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>2</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>1</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Pipetting Calibration Lab</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>3</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>2</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Duct Tape Evidence Analysis</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>4</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>3</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Trace Evidence Analysis</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>5</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>4</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Forgery/Ink Analysis</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>6</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>5</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Arson Investigation</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>7</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>6</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Fiber Analysis</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>8</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>7</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Fluorescein synthesis (lab practical)</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>9</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>8</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>TLC of Powdered Samples</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>10</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>9</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Unknown Powder Analysis</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>11</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>10</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Blood Spatter Analysis</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>12</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>11</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>DNA Fingerprinting, Electrophoresis</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>13</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>12</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Crime Scene Investigation: In the Field</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>14</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>13</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Crime Scene Investigation: In the Lab 2-weeks</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>15</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>13.2</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Crime Scene Investigation: In the Lab 2-weeks</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>16</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'></td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Finals week, No Lab</td></tr></table>