Monday, September 04, 2006

As CSI and similar TV programs are becoming a part of the pop culture, interest in forensic science has escalated drastically. Technology such as polarized light microscope, fluoroscopes and other types of microscopes are used by forensic scientist on the shows. Scientific American (July Issue) estimated that about 40 percent of science that is shown on CSI is not real. However, popularity of the show has generated a huge interest in forensic science amongst students and general public. In 2000 Universities across the country offered only 15 forensic science programs, today the number is between 150 and 200. Universities can not believe how fast the classes are filling up and the number of students who are looking to take forensic classes is only growing.