Marshall University<\/a> is NCA Accredited<\/a>, a member institution of the WVHEPC<\/a> and a proud member of Advantage Valley<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Marshall University Forensic Science Center is assessed by ANAB and meets the requirements of ISO\/IEC 17025:2017 (ANAB 17025:2017 Forensic Science Testing and Calibration Laboratories Accreditation Requirements; FBI Quality Assurance Standards for Forensic DNA testing Laboratories: 2011 and FBI Quality Assurance Standards for Forensic DNA testing Laboratories: 2011).<\/p>\n Certification<\/strong> is a process whereby an individual receives public recognition by a professional certification agency for having met established qualifications and educational standards. Generally, individuals become certified by passing a certification examination such as given by the American Board of Criminalistics (ABC)<\/a>.\u00a0Graduates are encouraged to seek certification by the ABC.<\/p>\n Students are encouraged to become nationally recognized by the ABC by taking the Forensic Science Assessment Test (FSAT) prior to graduation.<\/p>\n In general, national certification is an excellent means of enhancing an individual’s resume and\/or credentials.\u00a0Certification is available from a variety of certification agencies depending on the specialty area of certification desired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Accreditation Accreditation is a process by which educational programs, as well as laboratories, demonstrate that they have met standards set forth by accrediting agencies. Accreditation is a voluntary process of external peer review in which an accrediting agency grants public recognition to a program of study, institution, or laboratory that meets established qualifications and standards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":0,"parent":1757,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-121","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/forensics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/forensics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/forensics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/forensics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/forensics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/forensics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8585,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/forensics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121\/revisions\/8585"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/forensics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/forensics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"FEPAC](\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/forensics\/files\/2010\/10\/clip_image002.gif\")
<\/a>The Master of Science in Forensic Science Degree Program is fully accredited by the American Academy of Forensic Science’s Forensic Educational Program Accreditation Commission (FEPAC).<\/a><\/p>\nCertification<\/h2>\n