Associate in Applied Science in Digital Forensics

The Digital Forensics curriculum provides instruction in Digital Evidence Acquisition, eDiscovery, Incident Response, Digital Forensic Triage, Chain-of-Custody, and Digital Investigation.

Requirements

First Semester (Fall)

ITNW 1325Fundamentals of Networking Technologies

3

ITNW 1413Computer Virtualization

4

ITSC 1316Linux Installation and Configuration

3

ITSE 1346Database Theory and Design

3

ITSC 1342Shell Programming

3

Total Credit Hours:16

Second Semester (Spring)

ITDF 1400Introduction to Digital Forensics

4

ITNW 1335Information Storage and Management

3

ITDF 1305Digital Data Storage Forensics

3

ITSY 2343Computer System Forensics

3

Total Credit Hours:13

Third Semester (Fall)

ITDF 2420Digital Forensics Collection

4

ITDF 2425Digital Forensics Tools

4

ITDF 2430Digital Forensics Analysis

4

ITDF 2435Comprehensive Digital Forensics Project

4

Total Credit Hours:16

Fourth Semester (Spring)

ENGL 1301Composition I CORE

3

MATH 1324Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences CORE

3

XXXX X3XXAmerican History/Government/Political Science/Social and Behavioral Science Elective

3

XXXX X3XXLanguage, Philosophy and Culture/Creative Arts

3

XXXX X3XXLife and Physical Science CORE

3

Total Credit Hours:15
 

Total Credit Hours: 60

ENGL 1301: Laredo College Core course

MATH 1324: Laredo College Core course

American History/Government/Political Science Elective: May be chosen from any 3 hour college-level American History/Government/Political Science course.

Language, Philosophy, and Culture/Creative Arts Elective: May be chosen from any 3 hour college-level Language, Philosophy, and Culture/Creative Arts course.

Life and Physical Sciences Elective: May be chosen from any 3 hour college-level Life and Physical Sciences course.