Minor in Computer Forensics
Administered by Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics
Effective Fall 2008
Computer forensics is the acquisition of digital evidence in a legally sound way. The minor is designed to be flexible and to appeal to students with many different majors. The minor consists of the first three computer forensics courses along with the three courses that may be taken in either compuer forensics or in forensics related courses in other disciplines, currently accounting, anthoropolgy, chemistry, computer science, political science and criminal justice.
Required courses:
COMPSCI.117 Intro to Computer Forensics
COMPSCI.217 Computer Forensics File Systems I
COMPSCI.218 Computer Forensics File Systems II
Plus any* 9 credits from the following:
ACCT.326 Introduction to Fraud Examination
ACCT.426 Advanced Fraud Examination
ANTHRO.221 Forensic Anthropology
CHEM.105 Introduction to Forensic Science
COMPSCI.121 Object Oriented Programming with Java
COMPSCI.122 Graphical User Interfaces in Java
COMPSCI.123 Visual Basic I
COMPSCI.223 Visual Basic II
COMPSCI.317 Forensics Analysis (Windows Environment)
COMPSCI.348 Data Mining
COMPSCI.357 Database Design
COMPSCI.417 Advanced Topics in Forensics
COMPSCI.476 Introduction to Computer Networks
CRIMJUST.300 Juvenile Delinquency
CRIMJUST.310 Penology
CRIMJUST.320 Victimology
CRIMJUST.330 White Collar Crime
CRIMJUST.430 Special Topics
POLISCI.446 Constitutional Law
POLISCI.448 Judicial Process
* A course in the major cannot be counted both for the major and this minor.
Some of these courses have prerequisites.