Computer Forensics Career
Degree offered
Associate in Science in Computer Information Systems (Computer Forensics)
Credits required 62/63
Dean
William Berardi, william.berardi@bristolcc.edu
Program contact
Priscilla Grocer, Department Chair and Professor of Computer Information Systems, priscilla.grocer@bristolcc.edu
Program Code: CI
Concentration Code: CIF
Program Goals Statement
Students will be prepared for entry-level computer forensics technician positions in the private commercial sector and in the criminal justice system. They will know the law regarding the digital investigative process and will be able to conduct analysis of computer and/or network equipment and related data files.
Program information
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Students gain technical skills to find evidence and the knowledge of the legal issues related to these skills for this rapidly growing field.
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Note: Students may be required to obtain and use specific hardware, operating systems, or applications.
- Transfer credit for any Computer Information Systems (CIS or CIT) course must be approved by the CI Department Chair or by a full-time CI faculty member.
Elective Recommendations
After BCC
Infused General Education Competencies
Technical Literacy, First Year Experience
Student Learning Outcomes
See Learning Outcomes.
Learning Outcomes
- Apply the general rules of critical analysis and deductive reasoning to logically solve specific problems and to evaluate the results to determine if they are logically sound.
- Determine information needs, evaluate reliability of sources, access the information, decide its relevance and assemble it to meet their needs.
- Conduct effective data collection and analysis that can be used as evidence in court.
- Assemble a broad based knowledge that will allow them to work effectively in the computing field.
- Demonstrate an understanding of today’s computer environment, be able to appraise changes and will be able to acquire the knowledge and skills to adapt.
- Communicate effectively to convey technical information to the groups they support and to understand their needs.
- Explore and develop an ethical value structure and will be able to apply that structure to problem solving and actions.
Degree Requirements
General Courses
BUS 115 | Fundamentals of an Enterprise | 1 credit |
ENG 101 | Composition I: College Writing | 3 credits |
ENG 102 | Composition II: Writing about Literature | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 7 |
Choose one of the following
COM 101 | Fundamentals of Public Speaking | 3 credits |
COM 114 | Professional Speaking | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Choose one of the following
HST 111 | The West and the World I | 3 credits |
HST 112 | The West and the World II | 3 credits |
HST 113 | United States History to 1877 | 3 credits |
HST 114 | United States History from 1877 | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Choose one of the following
MTH 119 | Fundamental Statistics | 3 credits |
MTH 125 | Modern College Mathematics | 3 credits |
MTH 131 | Elements of College Mathematics | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Choose one of the following
SOC 101 | Principles of Sociology | 3 credits |
SOC 212 | The Sociology of Social Problems | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Elective Courses
| Multicultural Perspective Elective | 0-3 credits |
| Science Elective | 3-4 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 0-7 |
Program Courses
CIS 106 | Operating System Scripting | 1 credit |
CIS 120 | Programming: Logic, Design and Implementation | 3 credits |
CIS 121 | Operating Systems | 3 credits |
CIS 134 | Networking Technologies | 4 credits |
CIT 150 | Network Security | 3 credits |
CIT 155 | Introduction of Computer Forensics | 3 credits |
CIT 255 | Advanced Computer Forensics | 4 credits |
CIT 256 | File System Forensic Analysis | 3 credits |
CIT 275 | Computer Forensics Seminar | 4 credits |
CRJ 101 | Introduction to Criminal Justice | 3 credits |
CRJ 113 | Criminal Law | 3 credits |
CRJ 256 | Criminal Investigation | 3 credits |
CRJ 258 | Criminal Procedure | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 40 |
Recommended Course Sequence - Fall Semester 1
| Mathematics Elective | 3 credits |
CIS 121 | Operating Systems | 3 credits |
CRJ 101 | Introduction to Criminal Justice | 3 credits |
CRJ 113 | Criminal Law | 3 credits |
ENG 101 | Composition I: College Writing | 3 credits |
Recommended Course Sequence - Spring Semester 2
CIS 106 | Operating System Scripting | 1 credit |
CIS 120 | Programming: Logic, Design and Implementation | 3 credits |
CIS 134 | Networking Technologies | 4 credits |
CIT 155 | Introduction of Computer Forensics | 3 credits |
CRJ 256 | Criminal Investigation | 3 credits |
ENG 102 | Composition II: Writing about Literature | 3 credits |
Recommended Course Sequence - Fall Semester 3
| History Elective | 3 credits |
CIT 150 | Network Security | 3 credits |
CIT 255 | Advanced Computer Forensics | 4 credits |
CRJ 258 | Criminal Procedure | 3 credits |
SOC 101 | Principles of Sociology | 3 credits |
| Or | |
SOC 212 | The Sociology of Social Problems | 3 credits |
Recommended Course Sequence - Spring Semester 4
BUS 115 | Fundamentals of an Enterprise | 1 credit |
CIT 256 | File System Forensic Analysis | 3 credits |
CIT 275 | Computer Forensics Seminar | 4 credits |
| Science Elective | 3-4 credits |
COM 101 | Fundamentals of Public Speaking | 3 credits |
| Or | |
COM 114 | Professional Speaking | 3 credits |