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CSC-10025 - Module Specification
School of Computer Science and Mathematics
Faculty of Natural Sciences

For academic year: 2025/26 Last Updated: 04 December 2025

CSC-10025 - Cybercrime
Coordinator: Uchenna Ani Room: CR123 Tel: +44 (0) 1782 731403
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 4
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733075

Programme/Approved Electives for 2025/26

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None


Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2025/26

This module will enable students to actively engage in the e-society with an understanding of the risks that they will encounter and the measures that may be taken to counteract them, as well as help students to acquire a firm understanding of the technologies that underpin today's information society.

Aims
To enable students to actively engage in the e-society with an understanding of the risks that they will encounter and the measures that may be taken to counteract them.

Intended Learning Outcomes

identify the major types of cyber-crime and implement counter-measures to protect against them: 1,2
describe and discuss the law relating to the major forms of cyber-crime: 1,2
identify and describe the technologies and processes that underpin today's information infrastructure: 1,2
use tools related to digital evidence gathering: 1

Study hours

20-hours Lectures
20-hours Practical Classes
1-hour Online Class Test
2-hours Open Book Exam
107-hours Private Study

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Open Book Assessment weighted 50%
Online Open Book Exam with 28-hour window
The Online Open Book Examination will comprise essay-type practical-based & scenario-based questions on a paper released on KLE at 9:00 am on the morning of the exam. Students will have a 28-hour assessment window to complete and submit their work online via an online assessment portal/field/windows on the KLE (either Turnitin or a Submission Dropbox). Students will be required to answer 2 questions from 3 questions. Students have been given significant time to complete this exam, it is expected that most students spend no more than 2 hrs

2: Class Test weighted 50%
Online Class Test comprising of 25 randomly drawn Multiple Choice Answer Questions from a pool of 50
The Online Class Test will be updated and conducted on KLE. It will comprise 25 randomly drawn Multiple-Choice Answer Questions from a pool of 50 Questions covering the topics already covered in the learning content. The duration of the online test is 1 hour (60 Minutes) to be automatically timed, and to be conducted in Week 7 practical session. This assessment is taken halfway through the module lecture and practical delivery contents.

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Last Updated: 04 December 2025