[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.08,0:00:06.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Definition of forensic science is a combination of law and science. Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.50,0:00:09.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, whatever science that we do is to back up the law. Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.90,0:00:11.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we would be called to court cases all Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.94,0:00:15.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the time with the forensic or science evidence, Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.62,0:00:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we're a bind of law and science. Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.70,0:00:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When people think like forensic science, Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.22,0:00:21.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they think, Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.74,0:00:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oh my gosh, Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.22,0:00:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like crime scene investigation and Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.21,0:00:27.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,majority of the stuff it is but it's like processing evidence found in like crime Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.78,0:00:31.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,scenes and then you take that evidence and you identify it and you classify it, Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.42,0:00:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a lot of aspects of it there's a lot you could do with it. Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.13,0:00:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We think as forensic science as always being out in the field. Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.27,0:00:38.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously, Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.85,0:00:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yes, Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.17,0:00:40.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can work with law, Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.38,0:00:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,become a police officer, Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.69,0:00:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.93,0:00:42.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can even go to law school, Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.01,0:00:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,become a lawyer, Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.69,0:00:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.33,0:00:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go to Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.97,0:00:46.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a med school and become a doctor, Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.44,0:00:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.13,0:00:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can sit in the lab, Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.61,0:00:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,receive the evidence, Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.73,0:00:50.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,work on those evidences all day, Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.97,0:00:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right? Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.69,0:00:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And other than that, Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.66,0:00:53.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you could do research. Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.78,0:00:56.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to research a certain topic about forensic science, Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.82,0:00:57.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you could do that for years, Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.78,0:00:58.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right? Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.54,0:00:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are people in the background Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.10,0:01:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are doing a lot of the work that's not completely related Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.02,0:01:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to those law things where they are doing their own research, Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.78,0:01:07.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing their own lab work Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.42,0:01:09.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the greater good of humanity. Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.86,0:01:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a pre-medical student, Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.27,0:01:11.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.99,0:01:13.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I wanted to be a medical examiner, Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.36,0:01:13.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example, Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.83,0:01:14.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and do autopsies, Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.67,0:01:15.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd still have to go to med school. Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.07,0:01:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, that's a track that I feel like a lot of forensic science majors pursue, Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.27,0:01:21.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the medical field because there's, Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.51,0:01:22.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's just so broad, Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.51,0:01:23.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like there's a lot you could do in it. Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.69,0:01:27.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's so great about our forensics classes is that the majority of Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.57,0:01:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the professors are like doctors or like have worked in this field, Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.59,0:01:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they have so many connections. Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.64,0:01:33.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They will offer stuff to you be like, Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.95,0:01:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey, Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.13,0:01:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're, Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.53,0:01:35.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're looking for interns," Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.85,0:01:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"we're looking for volunteers for research." Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.13,0:01:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we have had so many guest speakers that come in. Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.69,0:01:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Professor Parmelee invited like two, three guests over that are Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.85,0:01:47.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experts in certain criteria like fingerprints. Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.49,0:01:48.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know Professor Zapico, Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.91,0:01:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she brought her co-worker who wrote a research paper with her Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.93,0:01:54.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's presenting this week at APHIS, Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.17,0:01:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a big forensic science conference. Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.49,0:01:57.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She came in to talk to Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.97,0:02:00.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our class and forensic science introduction class. Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.22,0:02:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a forensic science major, Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.58,0:02:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to do co-op. Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.58,0:02:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could do it with research or you could do a paid internship. Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.06,0:02:09.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I picked a paid internship at the medical examiner's office in Newark, Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.74,0:02:11.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you can work in the autopsy room as a morgue tech, Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.98,0:02:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's toxicology labs, Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.60,0:02:15.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's learning how to use a CT scan. Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.97,0:02:16.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a lot you could do there. Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.06,0:02:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really cool that you get to see that other side Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.04,0:02:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the field that you don't really hear much about. Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.29,0:02:25.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm actually sad that I'm leaving NGIT because I know Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.80,0:02:28.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Professor Parmelee is thinking about all these classes, Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.61,0:02:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,new classes that he wants to do, Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.77,0:02:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right? Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.41,0:02:32.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Specifically for anthropology, Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.25,0:02:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,specifically for DNA, Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.89,0:02:35.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,specifically for tumors, Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.33,0:02:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can focus in one criteria Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.01,0:02:40.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you like even within the major earthquake science. Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.93,0:02:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that's what makes it amazing. Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.36,0:02:45.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's so fun that it doesn't feel like classes. Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.16,0:02:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You enjoy going, Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.16,0:02:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you get to know the professors, Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.36,0:02:49.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the professors help you with everything. Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.08,0:02:53.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing is actually hard if you're like willing to learn. Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.32,0:02:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's, Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.96,0:02:54.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's fun, Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.56,0:02:55.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's really fun. Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.36,0:02:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's so much that you can learn from, Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.04,0:02:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's so much networking, Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.16,0:03:00.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's so much development going on Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.96,0:03:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it will only get better. (MUSIC) Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.91,0:03:10.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NJIT makes forensic scientists.