Research
A Capstone experience during formal education affords students the opportunity to study in depth an area of the forensic sciences subsequent to an intensive internship in an active forensic science or basic science related to forensic science. 
This educational event will provide students with an opportunity to explore an area of particular interest or employment objective. Students may study scientific principles underpinning a forensic science technique or, conversely, may study possible techniques applicable to crime detection or crime-solving that have emerged from a basic scientific discovery.
Students in the Masters of Forensic Science Program at Sam Houston State University have performed internships related to the forensic sciences, usually during the summer between the first and second year, in a forensic science or basic science laboratory. That experience will be enhanced by the requirement that students conduct further research relative to that experience and produce a scholarly writing evidencing a substantial knowledge of the selected subject under a Capstone or thesis environment. Students will have the opportunity and will indeed be encouraged to submit this work for publication and presentation of this material at regional and national scientific meetings.