New forensic science degree


WHILE many may think that a career in forensic science is all about dissecting dead bodies, UCSI University Forensic Science programme head Dr Nur Haliza Hassan clarifies that it is a much broader field.

“Not all forensic tasks involve handling corpses. At the hospital, the act of dissecting the body is carried out by a forensic pathologist, and not a chemist or a forensic science officer,” she said during the launch of the Bachelor of Science (Hons) Forensic Science programme at UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur (pic).

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