Cyber Security and Digital Forensics at University of Leeds at Headingley

On this course, students get to build their existing knowledge of cyber security and digital forensic to prepare for a career across these intricate disciplines. Students will:

• Gain a critical appreciation and understanding of the more complex elements of cyber security and digital forensics, combining both academic principles and industrial needs 
• Develop skills that reflect industry requirements through employer engagement
• Take part in scheduled sessions including lectures, lab exercises and discussion groups
• Participate in activities such as simulations, role-play, case studies, projects, practical work, work-based learning, workshops, peer tutoring, peer group interaction, self-managed teams and learner managed learning
• Conduct critical research and professional analysis, develop solutions, evaluate their work and create a report to present to their supervisors through a dissertation project

Students will gain specialist knowledge in challenging areas within digital forensics, such as image and video forensic investigations. In security areas, they will obtain knowledge and expertise in software security exploitation development and the analysis and implementation of security mechanisms to defend and analyse systems. 

This course will also develop students' knowledge in research practices and advanced scholarship as well as project development and management. The specialisation they will gain through taught modules will be further developed through a research or practical based masters dissertation project.

This is a hands-on subject area and it’s important to gain practical experience; practical exercises will allow students to implement their theoretical learning and see how it relates to industry. Theory alone would be unlikely to enable students to achieve successful employment in this field.