Course Description

Computer Crime



Course Number 0501-507
Description This is a non-technical course that provides definitional, theoretical, and operational context for understanding computer-based competition conflict and crime in the information age. Students study the history, nature and extent of computer-related crime, as well as differing types of computer criminals, their motivations and the methods they use to threaten, attack, compromise or damage physical and cyber assets. The course considers legal and regulatory environments and the impact these have on policies and practices related to ethics in the management of information security, data encryption, privacy, and numerous other special topics. Part of the criminal justice concentration and minor. May also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered regularly)
Prerequisites (no prerequisites are available)