Spring 2021
Featured Course: Forensic Aspects of Agricultural Animal Welfare
This course will introduce agricultural animal welfare with a focus on the legal aspects associated with abusive care of agricultural animals. This course explores scientific and ethical dialogue on agricultural animal welfare issues. Completing this course will provide an understanding of current U.S. laws governing agricultural animal welfare as well as the ability to minimally evaluate and assess the welfare of an agricultural animal.

Spring 2021
Featured Course: Forensic Photography
Students will gain an introduction to the history of photography and utilization of a camera in a crime scene setting. Students will learn basic photography skills, camera operation, exposure control, relational photographs, and flash control for crime scene and evidence documentation. This course is offered by UF’s Forensic Medicine online graduate program.

Spring 2021
Featured Course: Scientific and Legal Principles of Forensic Evidence
Students completing this course will gain a better understanding of the fundamental concepts of evidence, burden and standard of proof, judge and jury, types of evidence, witnesses, degrees of certainty, and other relevant aspects of the principles of evidence in a legal investigation.

All Master’s and Graduate Certificate students must take 5 core courses. Master’s students also take 5 elective courses.
(Unless otherwise noted, all courses are assigned a letter grade.)
Core Courses
Course Number | Course Title | Credits | Spring | Summer | Fall |
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VME 6052 | Animal Crime Scene Processing | 3 | X | ||
VME 6054 | Scientific and Legal Principles of Forensic Evidence | 3 | X | ||
VME 6051 | Cruelty to Animals and Interpersonal Violence | 3 | X | ||
VME 6575 | Veterinary Forensic Medicine | 3 | X | ||
ENY 6706 | Forensic Entomology | 3 | X |
Elective Courses
Non-Thesis Option
Choose 5 elective courses to total 15 credit hours of electives.
(Unless otherwise noted, all courses are assigned a letter grade.)
Note: All non-thesis master’s students are required to complete and pass a written and oral final exam in their last semester in order to graduate.
Thesis Option
Earn 15 credit hours of electives, including thesis electives listed below.
(Unless otherwise noted, all courses are assigned a letter grade.)
Thesis Elective Courses
Course Number | Course Title | Credits | Spring | Summer | Fall |
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VME 6934 | Special Topics in Veterinary Forensic Sciences | 1-4 | X | X | X |
VME 6910 | Supervised Research | 1-5 (S/U) | X | X | X |
VME 6971 | Masters Research | 1-6 (6 max) (S/U) | X | X | X |