Course summary
This Master's degree is designed to provide you with an understanding of the criminological, legal and research context of cybercrime. Furthermore, it aims to equip you with an understanding of computing skills and capabilities that will help to respond to online threats to personal information as well as to organisational environments. This makes it the ideal postgraduate qualification for students and professionals seeking a specialist role in a community or support service environment, such as victim support services, the police force, child protection, offender services, as well as corporate environments where there is a need to prevent and respond to cybercrime and issues related to online safety. Course highlights -You will be taught by leading experts working in the field of online safety and child protection -Learn how cyber criminals seek to take advantage of internet systems and ways of preventing these crimes from happening -Gain specialist skills and knowledge in a relevant and increasingly essential area of criminology, with many employment opportunities
Modules
Core modules: Corporate Compliance and Financial Crime Prevention (30 credits) - Compulsory Cybercrime and Society (20 credits) - Compulsory Digital Investigation and Evidence Management (30 credits) - Compulsory Researching Cybercrime (20 credits) - Compulsory Choose one of the following modules: Dissertation (60 credits) - Optional Work Integrated Learning (60 credits) - Optional Cyber Awareness Project (60 credits) - Optional Choose one of the following optional modules: Youth Offending, Disorder and Gangs (20 credits) - Optional Community Safety and Public Protection (20 credits) - Optional Drugs and Crime (20 credits) - Optional Political Violence and Terrorism (20 credits) - Optional Qualitative Analysis with NVivo (20 credits) - Optional Social Science Statistics with SPSS (20 credits) - Optional Regulatory Practices and Policing Cybercrime (20 credits) - Optional Environmental Crime and Green Criminology (20 credits) - Optional Forensic and Investigative Psychology (20 credits) - Optional Psychological Interventions and Responses to Offending (20 credits) - Optional
Entry requirements
2:2 (hons degree) or equivalent qualification
English language requirements
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
|---|---|---|
| IELTS (Academic) | 6.5 | With at least 6.0 in each component |
| TOEFL (iBT) | 87 | With at least 21 in listening & writing, 22 in speaking and 23 in reading |
| PTE Academic | 58 | With at least 51 in all components |
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| EU | £99* | Credit |
| England | £64* | Credit |
| Northern Ireland | £64* | Credit |
| Scotland | £64* | Credit |
| Wales | £64* | Credit |
| Channel Islands | £64* | Credit |
| International | £99* | Credit |
*This is a provisional fee and subject to change.
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
Middlesex University
Hendon Campus
The Burroughs
Barnet
NW4 4BT