BSc (Hons) Computer Forensics 36 months Undergraduate Program By Birmingham City University |Top Universities

BSc (Hons) Computer Forensics

Program Duration

36 monthsProgram duration

Main Subject Area

Computer Science and Information SystemsMain Subject Area

Program overview

Main Subject

Computer Science and Information Systems

Degree

BSc

Study Level

Undergraduate

With digital forensics playing a critical role in the world of modern criminal investigations, our BSc Computer Forensics has been developed to meet the demands of this evolving profession. You will gain excellent technical and theoretical skills encompassing the acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data recovered from computer based devices such as PCs, mobile phones, tablets, network equipment and other data storage devices to establish factual evidence in a manner that is admissible in a court of Law. The course also covers the English legal system, handling and preserving evidence, courtroom skills, and expert witness skills, plus professional reporting, and personal and organisational ethics. You’ll be based at Millennium Point – part of our City Centre campus – where you’ll have access to a specialist computer forensic laboratory, equipped to the standards set out by ACPO (Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Throughout your course, you’ll be supported by expert teaching staff whose credentials include a highly respected digital forensics expert who has worked with organisations across Europe. The course is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). All accreditations will be renewed in accordance with the accreditor’s standard review process and subject to the University maintaining the same high standards of course delivery.

Program overview

Main Subject

Computer Science and Information Systems

Degree

BSc

Study Level

Undergraduate

With digital forensics playing a critical role in the world of modern criminal investigations, our BSc Computer Forensics has been developed to meet the demands of this evolving profession. You will gain excellent technical and theoretical skills encompassing the acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data recovered from computer based devices such as PCs, mobile phones, tablets, network equipment and other data storage devices to establish factual evidence in a manner that is admissible in a court of Law. The course also covers the English legal system, handling and preserving evidence, courtroom skills, and expert witness skills, plus professional reporting, and personal and organisational ethics. You’ll be based at Millennium Point – part of our City Centre campus – where you’ll have access to a specialist computer forensic laboratory, equipped to the standards set out by ACPO (Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Throughout your course, you’ll be supported by expert teaching staff whose credentials include a highly respected digital forensics expert who has worked with organisations across Europe. The course is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). All accreditations will be renewed in accordance with the accreditor’s standard review process and subject to the University maintaining the same high standards of course delivery.

Admission Requirements

80+
6+
64+
112+
112+
26+
1100+

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