CROSS THE LINE
Learn how to protect, investigate and interrogate the right way with TCL.
A Crime Scene Investigator (CSI) is a specially trained police officer who analyzes and documents evidence at the scene of the crime.
Program graduates can expect to find employment in state and local law enforcement agencies, security companies, correctional facilities, and attorneys’ offices.
The Program
TCL’s 31-credit-hour certificate program provides you with the basic skills necessary to investigate the crime scene, conduct interviews and interrogations, and testify in court. You’ll learn proper techniques for collecting and analyzing a wide variety of evidence including fingerprints, trace material, blood spatter, and ballistics.
Courses include forensic and investigative documentation, criminalistics, impression evidence, and more. In addition, students receive hands-on practice through a variety of workshops and mock exercises.
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Quick Facts
GET SKILLED
Learn to investigate the crime scene, conduct interviews and interrogations, and testify in court.
HANDS-ON
Get hands-on experience through a variety of workshops and mock exercises.
INTERESTING COURSES
Courses include documentation, criminalistics, impression evidence, and more.
ACCREDITATION
Technical College of the Lowcountry is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award Associate Degrees, Diplomas, and Certificates. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Technical College of the Lowcountry.
PROGRAM COST
Tuition: 31 credits x $214 per credit = $6,634.*
Remember, this is before S.C. Lottery Tuition Assistance and other financial aid, which could drop your costs by more than half. In fact, after financial aid, many TCL students attend for free. See more about paying for TCL.
*Based on Fall 2022 in-state, in-service-area tuition. Your actual cost may differ. Does not include fees, books and other costs. Qualifications vary; all subject to change.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
“Protecting and analyzing the crime scene are some of the most important aspects of criminal justice.”
Michael Ricks
Program Director
Program Dean
Laura Dukes
Dean, Business and Industrial Technologies
843-525-8235
Beaufort Mather Campus, Bldg. 14, Rm. 118
Instructors
Michael Ricks
Interim CE Director/Criminal Justice Instructor
843-525-8322
Beaufort Mather Campus, Bldg. 16, Rm. 124
