Digital Forensics

Certificate Requirements

Certificate Description

Stevenson University Online’s Digital Forensics Post-Baccalaureate Certificate program prepares students and forensic professionals to identify, acquire, restore, and analyze electronic data. Our certificate program provides students with the knowledge to design a comprehensive methodology to cover the acquisition, preservation, and analysis of various forms of digital evidence. Graduates of the certificate program will be equipped with the skills to communicate their findings, analysis, and conclusions effectively, especially as expert witnesses during trials. Coursework can be completed entirely online for this 18-credit hour program.

Certificate Outcomes

Upon completion of the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Digital Forensics, recipients will be able to:

  1. Collect, handle and preserve digital evidence.

  2. Design a comprehensive methodology to cover the acquisition, preservation and analysis of various forms of digital evidence.

  3. Analyze and interpret file system data, operating system data and application data.

  4. Synthesize auditing, computer forensic and investigative analyses into coherent, defensible conclusions

Certificate Policies

Certificate requirements must be completed within seven years after the first course applied to the program was completed.

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Required Courses

Students must complete the following 18 credits:

FSCOR 601Foundations of Justice

3 credits

FSINV 600Investigative Techniques/Interviewing

3 credits

FSLAW 668White Collar Crimes

3 credits

FSIS 642File Systems Forensic Analysis

3 credits

FSIS 643/CYBF 643Incident Response and Evidence Collection

3 credits

FSIS 644/CYBF 644Windows Forensic Examinations

3 credits