JS 650: Advanced Questioned Death Investigation

Taken Fall 2010
Instructor: Jay Glass

The class is all about death investigation, and is not for the faint of heart. The instructor Jay Glass has 20+ years experience in death investigation and is a great person to have teaching. The class stucture is lecture based, with no powerpoint or printed notes, just Mr. Glass at the front lecturing. There are picture slides that correspond with each topic that are of a graphic nature, but are extremely helpful in understanding the material. There were 2 multiple choice tests during the semester and a take home final that we had several weeks to complete. The only other homework was to read the textbook chapters and assigned reading articles.

The overall class is very interesting and it is easy to succeed if you take detailed notes during class, most test questions came from there. The remainder of questions came from the assigned articles. Although the book chapters are interesting they can be long and overly detailed so it is not pertinent to focus much studying on those. Because so much of the class is centered on stories and examples from Mr. Glass you should attend every class (if possible). But if you find the matters surrounding death investigation intriguing you will most definitely want to come to class!