Digital Forensics - Bsc (Hons) Birmingham City University

Overview

What's covered in the course?

This course is for you if you want to combine a highly rigorous academic qualification with real-life practical work experience that will enable you to put your knowledge into practice as a computer forensics expert or forensics investigator.

You’ll be based at Millennium Point – part of the City Centre campus – where you’ll have access to a specialist computer forensic laboratory, equipped to the standards set out by ACPO (Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

You’ll examine application development, operating systems, and computer and network forensic investigation and study data analysis and recovery, IT surveillance and intrusion detection.

As part of the course, you’ll have the opportunity to analyse computer-based and mobile phone devices, SatNav systems, game consoles and portable multimedia players. You’ll also investigate computer networks, LANs, WANs, network design and administration, and network security.

The course also covers the English legal system, handling and preserving evidence, courtroom skills, and expert witness skills, plus professional reporting, and personal and organisational ethics.

You can opt for an industrial placement year, too, which gives you an invaluable opportunity to hone your expertise, try out a potential career path and get relevant workplace experience that is valued by so many employers. It will also boost your CV.

Throughout your course, you’ll be supported by expert teaching staff whose credentials include a highly respected digital forensics expert who has worked with organisations and companies across Europe. Digital Forensics - Bsc (Hons) course is offered by Birmingham City University.

Why Choose Us?

• We are accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
• You’ll work in a specialist computer forensic laboratory, equipped to ACPO standards.
• Our industry-standard software and hardware tools include EnCase Forensic, FTK, .XRY, Cellebrite and WinHex, as well as advanced drive repair and data recovery tools from ACE Labs, Salvation Data and WinHex, as well as advanced drive repair and data recovery tools.
• We are a leading academy for Microsoft and Cisco Systems.

• You’ll have the chance to go on a work placement with a leading organisation such as Cisco Systems, IBM, 3M or Airbus.

Enhancing your employability skills

Our course has been designed with graduate employability at its heart. Throughout invite speakers from industry to share their valuable knowledge and experience in guest lectures and seminars. This provides an invaluable opportunity to network with the experts. At various stages the course, we host specialist boot-camps delivered by digital forensics practitioners as well as provide opportunities to obtain vendor qualifications to enhance your career prospects.