All applicants must be current employees of a law enforcement organisation (LE) working in an investigative role. You do not have to be a sworn officer. LE includes any organisation that has responsibility for the enforcement of national or local legislation such as:
Local, National, or Federal Police Forces
Government law enforcement agencies
Immigration & Border Control, Revenue & Customs
Defence forces including military police
International Police organisations (Europol, Interpol, etc)
Regulatory Enforcement agencies etc
Public prosecutors / Attorney General's office
1. Understand methods used to conduct forensic analysis of digital devices including computer systems and mobile devices 2. Identify, collect, process, analyse and present digital forensics evidence 3. Use common network investigation techniques 4. Develop critical thinking in analysing and performing cybercrime investigation 5. Understand the cybercrime business model and how to perform the financial fraud investigations 6. Conduct research into novel forensic and cybercrime investigation problems 7. Investigate cases of child sexual exploitation on the Internet 8. Tackle the forensic analysis of future technologies (both hardware and software) through the development of new applications. 9. Understand the current threat landscape and accurately assess the severity and ramifications of a given compromise. 10. Consider and explain the foundational concepts of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity relevant to AI pipelines. For law enforcement officers, having this qualification has the additional advantage of adding credibility to their testimony as expert witnesses. Career development possibilities in this field are excellent. Graduates include senior staff at Europol and INTERPOL, members of national and regional police forces and police training colleges, government ministries and agencies with Law Enforcement (LE) powers, defence forces, specialist cybercrime agencies, revenue, customs and border protection. Below is a list of all modules offered for this degree in the current academic year. Click on the module to discover what you will learn in the module, how you will learn and assessment feedback profile amongst other information. Incoming Stage 1 undergraduates can usually select an Elective in the Spring Trimester. Most continuing undergraduate students can select up to two Elective modules (10 Credits) per stage. There is also the possibility to take up to 10 extra Elective credits.