Cybercrime: Human Perspectives

Catalog description

The course reintroduces students to cybercrimes that they may be familiar with (ransomware, spam, online harassment) as well as incorporating cybercrimes that are less familiar (cyberterrorism). The course will focus on the social science perspective: both the social problems that ensue from cybercrime as well as the social psychology techniques that we can use to avoid cybersecurity incidents and hacking. We’ll be looking both forward at current events, Internet of Things, Virtual Reality, and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning as well as backwards at the introduction of cybercrime and the shift of some crimes from real life to online. This course will be focused on reading, writing, and discussion but is recommended for students interested in cybersecurity, cybercrime, psychology, or user experience. (Note: this course will touch on subjects such as intimate partner violence, swatting, and death. Content or trigger warnings will be listed, but students are expected to engage with the majority of the material.) Applied AI Integration: This course meets or exceeds MSOE’s Applied AI Integration guidelines for sufficient coverage of Social Responsibility.