Cybercrime Investigation and Cybersecurity Minor

Students will be introduced to the cybersecurity skills and to the investigative techniques of cybercrime investigation and cyber intelligence and how they may overlap with government systems or criminal justice and homeland security. Students will gain and develop analytical skills and frameworks for understanding and analyzing cybercrime and cyber threats.

The minor requires 18 credits: 6 credits in cybercrime investigations, 6 credits in cybersecurity, and 6 elective credits, which will allow students to focus on the investigative aspects or the cybersecurity element of the field. It will prepare students for further work in the areas of private cybersecurity, local, national, and international cybercrime investigations and cyber intelligence.

Required Courses - 12 credits

• CYBR 110 - Foundations of Cybersecurity  
• CJ 240 - Cybercrime  
• CYBR 260 - Introduction to Network Security  
• CYBR 320 - Digital Forensic Investigation  

Elective Courses (choose 2) - 6 credits

• CJ 110 - (S) Introduction to Criminal Justice  
• CJ 235 - Cyber Law and Policy  
• CJ 250 - Introduction to Homeland Security  
• CYBR 250 - Cyber Intelligence  
• CYBR 310 - Ethical Hacking  
• CJ 309 - Crime Analysis  
• CJ 350 - Emergency Management  

Total 18 credits