
The Graduate Certificate in Digital Forensics is designed to provide students with knowledge and skills for the identification, collection, preservation, and examination of various types of digital evidence, including basic and in-depth knowledge and skills in digital forensic analysis policy and procedure, forensic analysis tools and techniques, data recovery, and investigation, as well as quality assurance, legal, and ethical considerations important to this rapidly changing field. This Graduate Certificate program does not assume, nor does it require, that the applicant have any experience in the field of digital forensics as the course sequence includes instruction ranging from fundamentals to advanced topics.
Required Courses (16 credit hours)
- FSC 632- Foundations & Fundamentals of Digital Evidence
- FSC 609- Network Forensics
- FSC 680- Seminar (taken once per semester)
- FSC 634- Computer Search & Seizure
- FSC 605- Forensic Digital Imaging
- FSC 676- Advanced Digital Evidence Detection & Recovery
- FSC 680- Seminar (taken once per semester)
Total Credit Hours: 16