With specialization in forensics and biotechnology, this program is unique and its graduates are in demand in this emerging field. This advanced diploma program would traditionally take six semesters to complete. However, the program has been designed in an accelerated, compressed format, to provide six semesters of course work over five semesters. In their final, fifth semester, students can complete their full-time internship from April to August - giving graduates the advantage of getting out into the workforce faster. (Should they so choose, students may defer the summer internship until the fall.) Courses in the program integrate theory and practice opportunities in labs and practice settings. Graduates will be critical thinkers with problem-solving abilities, strong interpersonal, teamwork and communication skills and a solid foundation in forensic/DNA/medical applications.

Program graduates will be qualified to work in a variety of roles, such as DNA analyst, DNA technician/technologist, evidence technician, laboratory technologist, forensic technologist, serologist, and biotechnician/technologist. Employment settings include: private sector laboratories cancer research quality assurance/quality control labs in manufacturing food preparation labs/microbiology testing nuclear power generation chemistry and biology technicians law enforcement forensic labs hospitals and clinical settings involving research based samples pharmaceutical, bio-pharmaceutical and biotechnology research and development companies government agencies such as the Canadian Centre for Forensic Science, the RCMP and OPP forensic labs university laboratories