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Foundation Specialty Courses
 

A Foundation Specialty is an area of investigative specialization. There are 13 Foundation Specialty courses, and each student is required to complete at least one. Additionally, each student must complete at least one related specialty course, among a subset of designated courses within the specialty. For example, a student pursuing a Foundation Specialty in Burglary would need to take the Burglary Foundation Specialty course, plus one of eight Foundation Specialty Electives listed under "Burglary," e.g., "Toolmark Comparison."

The Foundation Specialties and Electives (doc) provides a listing of all the approved courses and the 2006 - 2007 Course Dates are available online. After satisfying the Foundation Specialty requirement and completing an additional two Universal Electives courses students may apply for ICI Certification.

The 13 Foundation Specialties are: