Loyola's Forensic Science program became the 17th undergraduate program in the U.S. and Canada to be accredited by FEPAC, making Loyola's program only one of 35 forensic science programs in the nation to be accredited by FEPAC.
Introduction In mediaeval times. the historian says. the term "The Seven Liberal Sciences" was often used synonymously for "The Seven Liberal Arts" for that group of studies comprised by the Trivium (Grammar. Logic. Rhetoric) and the Quadrivium (Arithmetic, Music. Geometry. Astronomy). So much for "The Two Cultures"! Greek philosophy was known as science and science is considered a branch of study which is concerned either with a connected body of demonstrated truths or with observed facts systematically classified and more or less colligated by being brought under general laws. and which includes. hopefully. trustworthy methods for the discovery of new truth within its own domain. Forensic means pertaining to. connected with. or used in courts of law. as for example. medical jurisprudence is forensic medicine. That might denote a disconnected body and an ill assortment of facts . . . ! Similarly. forensic science used in legal proceedings. and in the context of litigation. may be regarded as argumentative or rhetorical in maintaining one side or the other of a given question. Expressed simply guilt or innocence.