Aspiring CSIs have graduate school options
Posted on 3/14/2010
Enthusiasts of the wildly successful CSI: Crime Scene Investigation series of television shows can pursue a real-life CSI program at their college or university. Forensic psychology graduate degrees and forensic science graduate programs can help students on the way toward becoming the next Horatio Caine or Gil Grissom.
Pursuing a degree in forensic psychology is a challenging, but ultimately rewarding task. Forensic psychologists work in a number of capacities, including with the mentally ill, determining inmates' ability to stand trial and assist in jury selection, said Catherine Perz, who helped design a similar masters degree program at the University of Houston-Victoria.
Programs like the one Perz helped create "will prepare graduates to get a job working with prisoners, legal teams or community organizations treating drug abusers, just to mention a few options," she added.
There are only about 62 graduate programs in forensic science in the U.S., according to the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, and those who make it through these programs stand to have good luck finding jobs. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects the field of forensic science will grow by 20 percent from 2008-2018, and professionals in this field make an average of almost $53,000 a year.
Pursuing a degree in forensic psychology is a challenging, but ultimately rewarding task. Forensic psychologists work in a number of capacities, including with the mentally ill, determining inmates' ability to stand trial and assist in jury selection, said Catherine Perz, who helped design a similar masters degree program at the University of Houston-Victoria.
Programs like the one Perz helped create "will prepare graduates to get a job working with prisoners, legal teams or community organizations treating drug abusers, just to mention a few options," she added.
There are only about 62 graduate programs in forensic science in the U.S., according to the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, and those who make it through these programs stand to have good luck finding jobs. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects the field of forensic science will grow by 20 percent from 2008-2018, and professionals in this field make an average of almost $53,000 a year.
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