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FORENSIC SCIENCE: csi
Sample Schedule


Washington, D.C. Sessions

 

Day 1

  • Registration
  • Campus Tours
  • Opening Ceremony
  • TA Group Orientation

Day 2

  • AU Credit Option
  • Ropes Challenge Course
  • Leadership Series: Group Dynamics & Personality Matrix
  • Lecture: Crime Scene Investigation
  • Pizza Night

Day 3

  • National Museum of Health and Medicine Visit
  • White House Picnic at Lafayette Park 
  • Lecture: The Crime Laboratory
  • Forensic Skills Workshop: Fingerprinting
  • Leadership Series: Community
  • TA Group Meeting

Day 4

  • Crime Scene Simulation
  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • Leadership Workshop: Ethics
  • Washington at Night Tour
    • Jefferson Memorial
    • FDR Memorial
    • Lincoln Memorial
    • Vietnam War and Korean War Memorials
    • Iwo Jima Memorial

Day 5

  • Investigation Team Meeting
  • Guest Speaker
  • Leadership Workshop: Time Management
  • Forensic Workshop: Skeletal Analysis
  • AU Credit Option
  • Documentary: Investigative Techniques

Day 6

  • Capitol Hill and the Smithsonian Institution
    • Congressional Visits
    • Library of Congress
    • Air and Space Museum
    • National Gallery of Art
    • American History Museum
    • American Museum of Natural History
  • Investigation Team Meeting
  • Forensic Science Workshop: DNA Extraction

Day 7

  • Guest Speaker
  • TA Group Meeting
  • Lecture: Forensics and the Law
  • Investigative Team Meeting
  • Game Night


Day 8

  • AU Credit Option
  • Forensics Workshop: Footwear and Tire Impressions
  • Investigative Team Meeting
  • Lecture: Careers in Forensic Science
  • Baltimore Harbor

Day 9

  • AU Credit Option
  • Forensics Workshop: Blood Spatter Analysis
  • National Museum of Crime & Punishment 
  • Leadership Workshop: Public Speaking
  • Grand Jury Simulation
  • Dance

Day 10

  • Case Resolution
  • Closing Ceremony
  • Final TA Meeting

Note: While not every session is scheduled the same, this is an example of a Forensic Science session.