Digital Forensics

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The M.S. in Digital Forensics (DFOR) requires the completion of a minimum of 30 hours of graduate course work with a GPA of 3.000, or higher. The DFOR program is split into two elements: a Core component of 21 credit hours (18 credit hours plus a mandatory, 3-credit, capstone course that is taken towards the end of the degree) and an Elective component of 9 credit hours.

Coursework will progress from core courses to more advanced specialty courses, culminating in a capstone project course. Both 600- and 700-level core courses are designed to establish a solid foundation for subsequent work beyond the master’s level. Below are the new course numbers that will be effective in the FALL 2025.

DFOR Core Component:

  1. DFOR 510 Digital Forensic Analysis
  2. DFOR 660 Network Forensics
  3. DFOR 661 Digital Media Forensics
  4. DFOR 663 Operations of Intrusion Detection for Forensics or  DFOR 664 Incident Response Forensics
  5. DFOR 671 Digital Forensics Ethics Law or DFOR 670 Fraud Analytics*
  6. DFOR 672 Mobile Device Forensics
  7. DFOR 790 Advanced Digital Forensics

Three Forensics courses (DFOR 660, 661, and either 663 or 664) that may be taken in any order, but should be completed within the first 18 credit hours of the student’s degree program (total of 9 credits)

One Ethics or fraud course may be selected from (DFOR 670 and 671), and which may be taken at any point in the program (3 credits); and

A Capstone Project Course (DFOR 790) that may not be taken until at least 18 credit hours have been earned within the DFOR degree program (3 credits), and it is strongly recommended that DFOR 790 be the last course taken in the progression.

DFOR Elective (Specialty) Component:

  1. DFOR 590 Special Topics in Digital Forensics
  2. DFOR 637 Cloud Forensics
  3. DFOR 663 Operations of Intrusion Detection for Forensics
  4. DFOR 664 Incident Response Forensics
  5. DFOR 670 Fraud Analytics
  6. DFOR 671 Digital Forensics Ethics Law
  7. DFOR 672 Mobile Device Forensics
  8. DFOR 673 Registry Forensics – Windows
  9. DFOR 674 MAC Forensics
  10. DFOR 675 Linux Forensics
  11. DFOR 698 Independent Reading and Research
  12. DFOR 710 Memory Forensics
  13. DFOR 720 Digital Audio Video Forensics
  14. DFOR 730 Forensic Deep Packet Inspection
  15. DFOR 740 Advanced Offensive Defensive Strategies
  16. DFOR 761 Malware Reverse Engineering
  17. DFOR 767 Penetration Testing in Digital Forensics
  18. DFOR 768 Digital Warfare
  19. DFOR 769 Anti-Forensics
  20. DFOR 771 Digital Forensic Profiling
  21. DFOR 772 Forensic Artifact Extraction
  22. DFOR 773 Mobile Application Forensics and Analysis
  23. DFOR 775 Kernel Forensics and Analysis
  24. DFOR 780 Advanced Topics in Computer Forensics
  25. ECE 511 Computer Architecture
  26. ECE 611 Advanced Computer Architecture
  27. ECE 612 Real-Time Embedded Systems
  28. ECE 642 Design and Analysis of Computer Communication Networks
  29. ECE 646 Applied Cryptography
  30. ECE 746 Advanced Applied Cryptography
  31. FRSC 510 Basic Crime Analysis
  32. ISA 650 Security Policy
  33. ISA 652 Security Audit/Compliance Testing
  34. ISA 656 Network Security
  35. ISA 674 Intrusion Detection
  36. ISA 785 Research in Digital Forensics
  37. TCOM 662 Advanced Secure Networking

These specialty courses are designed to provide students with advanced, more specialized, graduate level studies.

Note:- Both DFOR 670 and DFOR 671 may be taken but only one may be used in the core component.

We also offer a concentration in Penetration Testing/Reverse Engineering with the following three of four classes being taken as your electives (9 Credits):

  • DFOR 740 – Advanced Offensive & Defensive Strategies
  • DFOR 761 – Malware Reverse Engineering
  • DFOR 767 – Penetration Testing in Digital Forensics
  • DFOR 772 – Forensic Artifact Extraction