Computer Forensics & E-Discovery (MSc)

Programme structure

The MSc program is offered through three different routes.

• One year full-time basis as noted in the Program Curriculum
• Two year part-time basis as noted below
• Continuing Professional Development (CPD) basis.

In the full-time course, in each of the autumn and spring terms students take sixty credits worth of courses. In the two year part-time course, students take two classes a semester along with attending the Research Methods and Professional Studies Seminars in Computer Forensics.

Two year part-time basis

1st Semester Year 1

• Introduction to Computer Forensics & E-discovery
• Introduction Security
• Research Methods & Techniques

2nd Semester Year 1

• Advanced Research Reading
• Security and Cryptography
• Professional Studies

1st Semester Year 2

• Legal & Regulatory Frameworks
• Systems and Networks
• Professional Studies

2nd Semester Year 2

• Computer Forensics Process and Investigative Techniques
• Managing and Presenting Digital Evidence 
• Professional Studies

Following the successful completion of examinations, students will spend the summer months working on a dissertation that will enable them to engage with a complex computer forensics problem.