Digital Forensics and Cyber Security (D4CS)
The D4CS thesis option is suited for superior students who seek the challenge of traditional scholarly research. Thesis research requires the sponsorship of a D4CS full-time faculty member who agrees to serve as the thesis adviser. Students unable to gain an adviser can do an Applied Research Project or fieldwork for their capstone experience. When a student gains faculty sponsorship, the adviser notifies the program director who will approve registration for FCM 791, Prospectus Seminar. The college’s general thesis guidelines apply with the additional provisions that a D4CS thesis may follow IEEE citation guidelines, a digital copy of the approved thesis must be submitted to the program director, and the thesis committee may require an oral defense. Completion of a thesis makes a student eligible to graduate with a 33 credit program of study.