COMP40120 Programming for Investigators

Academic Year 2022/2023

Please note this module is only available to active law enforcement students registered to the MSc in Forensic Computing and Cybercrime Investigation. There are no elective or audit places available to other programmes.

This module introduces students to the elements of programming and discusses algorithms underlying more advanced digital forensic tools. The aim of the course is to equip students with better understanding of software systems and advanced digital forensic tools, as well as to give them an ability to write custom tools for data analysis.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this module students should be able to:
- Write scripts in Bash
- Build custom tools for extracting necessary information from evidential data and for post-processing of output of third-party digital forensic tools.
- Describe the differences between compiled and interpreted programming languages
- Write scripts and programs using simple constructs such as assignment, selection, iteration, etc.
- Write scripts and programs using regular expressions

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24

Practical

20

Autonomous Student Learning

156

Total

200

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures
Weekly Practical Exercises 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Examination: End of trimester exam 2 hour End of Trimester Exam No Graded No

60

Continuous Assessment: Continuous assessment consists of assignments throughout the semester. Varies over the Trimester n/a Graded No

40


Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

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