The Summer Program
Dates: July 7, 2025, to August 7, 2025
Registration Open: Tuesday, April 1st 2025
Registration Closes: Friday, June 13th 2025
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2025 SUMMER CALENDAR
New Student Orientation TBA
Forensic Science (SCI) 114 — 4.5 credits: Scientific Principles of Forensic Science | ***July 8th Start Date***
[Mon toThur 10:00 AM to 12:40 PM and Mon to Thur 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM]
In the course SCI 114 Scientific Principles of Forensic Science students engage in critical examination of landmark cases in forensic science to contrast fact from fiction. Taught through both lab and lecture, the course encompasses various scientific disciplines that surround common forensic science practice. These include crime scene investigation, medicolegal death investigation, toxicology, anthropology and odontology and more.
In the morning lab session (3-Credits – 10:00 AM to 12:40 PM), students apply biology, chemistry, physics, and investigation to analyze data to solve mock cases and criminal justice problems. Here, students will examine materials for the presence of biological evidence (i.e. blood, DNA), analyze trace evidence (i.e. hairs, fibers, soil), analyze pattern evidence (i.e. fingerprints, footprints, tool marks), and study landmark cases in forensic science to contrast fact from fiction.
In the afternoon lecture session (1.5 -Credits – 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM), students gain foundational knowledge and understanding of the basic scientific investigative methods used in forensic science.
Criminal Justice BS (CJBS) 101—3 credits: Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System
[Mon toThur 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM OR Mon to Thur 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM]
This course is an introductory survey of the American criminal justice system with a view to its social and institutional context and its structure and functioning. The course provides an overview of the foundations and components of the criminal justice system, including (substantive and procedural) criminal law, police, courts, and corrections. The main emphasis will be placed on the criminal justice process and how the various criminal justice institutions interact. Key issues will be addressed as they arise at different stages of the process, such as the conflict between crime control and due process and conflicts related to, for example, gender, class, and ethnicity.
Psychology (PSY) 101—3 credits: Introduction to Psychology
[Mon to Thur 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM OR Mon to Thur 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM]
This course is a survey of the scientific study of the mind and behavior. Topics to be covered include research methods and applications in Psychology’s significant areas of study: thought, memory, learning, personality, social processes, human development, psychological disorders, and the biological bases of behavior.
Eligibility Requirements
* NYC Public High Schools, Registered [Raising Junior OR Senior]
* 20+ ACT English OR
* 75+ ELA Regents OR
* 480+ SAT/PSAT Reading and Writing Section
* Admission Requirements
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