Career trends

The Forensic Studies program at Mount Royal University is a post-basic program designed to supplement professional education in areas related to forensic work such as nursing, medicine, social work, patient advocacy, police, lawyers, criminologists and scientists.

As you probably know from working in your current position, the greatest career benefit derived from studying forensics involves strengthening your understanding of the close way in which science and the law can be integrated. The Mount Royal program has been designed with that perspective in mind, and stresses collaboration between professionals in the health and science systems.

A wide range of careers is available to those with specialized forensic training, including positions such as:

domestic violence counsellor
sexual assault examiner
forensic psychologist or psychiatric nurse
forensic laboratory technician
crime scene investigator
forensic photographer
legal nurse consultant
death investigator

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