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The Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Computer Forensics & Security is a four-year honours degree program designed to provide graduates with specialized expertise in safeguarding, tracking, and analyzing digital crime scenes and cyber environments. This computer science program focuses specifically on protecting, overseeing, and examining computer systems, digital devices, and information. The curriculum includes programming, network systems, operating platforms, and web development. It empowers you to explore, interpret, and understand the digital landscape we inhabit. Individuals create enormous quantities of information daily, each leaving behind digital traces throughout the internet. Corporations utilize your information to market goods and identify your preferences. Simultaneously, hacktivists, cybercrime syndicates, and nation-states involved in cyber conflicts and information battles exploit this data. In today's world, information has surpassed oil in value. It's crucial to manage and safeguard both your personal data and that of others. Mastering this field enables you to secure all aspects of your existence - from loved ones and finances to infrastructure, utilities, and even your food and water supply.
You should be at least 17 years of age in January of the year of entry.
You must have a Secondary/High School Diploma, with good grades in English and Mathematics and at least 4 other subjects, on average + 60%.
English Language Requirements:
IELTS: 5.5 IELTS (minimum of 5 IELTS in each component)
TOEFL Internet Based test (iBT): 70 (min score of 15 in each component)
TOEFL – Computer Based Test: 196 (min score of 15 in each component)
Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English: Grade C
Duolingo English Test (DET): 90
English Test for Academic and Professional Purposes (ETAPP): B2+
GCE O-Level English: Grade C
GCSE English: Grade C
Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE): 50
Test of Interactive English (TIE): B2+
TOEFL Paper Based Test: 550
TOEIC: 605
Irish Leaving Certificate: Ordinary Level O6