This curriculum will prepare students to enter the field of computer crime investigations and private security. Students completing this curriculum will be capable of investigating computer crimes, properly seize and recover computer evidence and aid in the prosecution of cyber criminals.
Course work in the curriculum will include a division of work in the disciplines of criminal justice and computer information systems. Additionally, students will be required to take specific cyber crime classes.
Graduates should qualify to become crime investigators for local or state criminal justice agencies. Also, these graduates should be competent to serve as computer security specialists or consultants with private business.
For more information about the Cyber Crime curriculum, email: online@stanly.edu or call 704-991-0226.
| Course Title | Hours Per Week | Hours | ||||
| Class | Lab | Credit | ||||
| Fall Semester (first year) | ||||||
| ACA | 111 | College Student Success | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| ACC | 120 | Prin. of Financial Accounting | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
| CIS | 110 | Introduction to Computers | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| CCT | 110 | Introduction to Cyber Crime | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| ENG | 111 | Expository Writing | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| CCT | 112 | Ethics and High Technology | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 17 | |||||
| Spring Semester (first year) | ||||||
| ACC | 220 | Intermediate Accounting I | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
| or | ||||||
| ACC | 121 | Prin. of Managerial Accounting | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
| CTS | 120 | Hardware / Software Support | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| CJC | 132 | Court Procedures & Evidence | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| ENG | 114 | Prof. Research & Reporting | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| CCT | 231 | Technology Crimes & Law | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 16 | |||||
| Summer Semester (first year) | ||||||
| HUM | Elective | Elective Humanities Elective | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| SOC | Elective | Social Science Elective | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 6 | |||||
| Fall Semester (second year) | ||||||
| NET | 125 | Networking Basics | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| CJC | 221 | Investigative Principles | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
| CCT | 121 | Computer Crimes Investigation | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
| CCT | 220 | Forensic Accounting | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
| SEC | 110 | Security Concepts | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
Total |
18 | |||||
| Spring Semester (second year) | ||||||
| MAT | 140 | Survey of Mathematics | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| CCT | 240 | Data Recovery Techniques | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| CCT | 289 | Capstone Project | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 9 | |||||
| Cyber Crime Technology | |||||
| Computer Forensics Certificate | |||||
| CCT | 121 | Computer Crime Investigation | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| CJC | 111 | Intro. to Criminal Justice | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| SEC | 110 | Security Concepts | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| CET | 111 | Computer Upgrade & Repair I | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| or | |||||
| CTS | 120 | Hardware / Software Support | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 13 | ||||
| Cyber Crime Technology | |||||
| Computer Crime Investigation Certificate | |||||
| CJC | 132 | Court Procedures & Evidence | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| CJC | 221 | Investigative Principles | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| CJC | 231 | Constitutional Law | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| CCT | 121 | Computer Crime Investigation | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| CET | 111 | Computer Upgrade & Repair I | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| or | |||||
| CTS | 120 | Hardware / Software Support | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 17 | ||||
| Cyber Crime Technology | |||||
| Forensic Accounting Certificate | |||||
| CCT | 110 | Intro to Cyber Crime | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| ACC | 120 | Prin of Financial Acct. | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| ACC | 121 | Prin of Managerial Acct. | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| CCT | 220 | Forensic Accounting | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Total | 15 | ||||