Digital Forensic Analysis I. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours

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Prerequisite: Students may not enroll without having completed 60 credit hours and without having completed nine (9) hours of upper-division ISC (formerly IS) and/or CS coursework. An introductory course in digital forensic analysis. This course examines the fundamental data structures, software tools, and forensic analysis techniques commonly used to locate and recover trace evidence of crimes involving computers. This course focuses on file system forensic analysis of computer hosts and associated media. The tools of collecting, examining, and evaluating data in an effort to establish intent, culpability, motive, means, methods, and loss resulting from such crimes will be examined. (Formerly IS 4483. Credit cannot be earned for both IS 4483 and ISC 4483 .) Generally offered: Fall. This course has Differential Tuition. Course Fees: GASC $10; STAB $15.41; LRAB $15.41; DL01 $75; ISCA $75.