Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity - D4CS

(formerly Forensic Computing - FCM)

Admissions News

NSF IGERT Full Fellowship Available for Fall 2012

A fellowship that covers full tuition and an annual tax-free stipend of up to $30,000 for four semesters is available for an entering computer science graduate for Fall 2012. The fellowship will be awarded to a student who will go on to a doctoral program upon completion of the D4CS degree program. Information about the fellowship can be found here.

Graduate School Open House on Monday, March 12

Come to our Open House to learn about the exciting news and your prospects for our digital forensics and cybersecurity program.

• Take a look at our new $700 million dollar campus - the newest and most modern campus in Manhattan.
• Hear about accomplished and anticipated changes in store for the degree program - such as a new 33 credit option, the Capstone Applied Research and Certificate options, a Cooperative Education option, and internship options in both the private and public sectors.
• Meet faculty and current students.
• Learn about CSIBridge. This is our Computer Science for Digital Forensics Certificate Program, an intensive graduate level program intended to provide the computer science background you need to qualify for the degree program.

To register for the Open House click here.

Admissions for Non-Computer Science Grads: CSIBridge

Our degree program requires a background in academic computer science. Grads from computer science and similar programs usually have the required courses. They are courses in programming, operating systems, algorithms, data structures, networks and discrete structures. If you have not taken all or some of those courses, however, you are not out of luck. To get the background you need you can apply to CSIBridge, Computer Science for Digital Forensics Certificate Program. To learn about this program click here: CSIBridge

Practitioners Can Claim up to Six Equivalency Credits

One of our program goals is to attract practitioners to return to school so they learn the science beneath the technology they use in their work. To sweeten the pot, if you already have training and experience in digital forensics you may be eligible to receive up to six equivalency credits for courses in the program of study. These credits would be for courses that effectively match the training or certifications you already have. If you are not a computer science graduate that means you could finish the projected revised degree program in 33 hours, to include the CSIBridge program (see above). If you have questions about this prospect please contact the program director.

NSF fellowships for full-time D4CS students - $7500

An NSF fellowship program is available to entering and continuing full-time D4CS students on a need basis. According to FAFSA criteria, enrollment as an D4CS graduate student automatically qualifies you as an independent student. Thus if you are not working, you are likely qualified. Check it out here: Qualification for independent status

For highlights of the Master of Science program click here.