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CSC-10025 - Module Specification
School of Computer Science and Mathematics
Faculty of Natural Sciences

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 20 November 2024

CSC-10025 - Cybercrime
Coordinator: Taimur Bakhshi Room: CR105
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 4
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733075

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None


Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

This module will enable students to actively engage in the e-society with an understanding of the risks that they will encounter and the measures that may be taken to counteract them, as well as help students to acquire a firm understanding of the technologies that underpin today's information society.

Aims
To enable students to actively engage in the e-society with an understanding of the risks that they will encounter and the measures that may be taken to counteract them.

Intended Learning Outcomes

identify the major types of cyber-crime and implement counter-measures to protect against them: 1,2
describe and discuss the law relating to the major forms of cyber-crime: 1,2
identify and describe the technologies and processes that underpin today's information infrastructure: 1,2
use tools related to digital evidence gathering: 2

Study hours

20-hours Lectures
20-hours Practical Classes
107-hours Private Study
1-hour online class test
2-hour online open book examination

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Class Test weighted 40%
Online Class Test


2: Open Book Examination weighted 60%
Online Open Book Exam with 28-hour window


The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. Details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 20 November 2024