COMP40120 Programming for Investigators

Academic Year 2021/2022

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:
- 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 programs using simple constructs such as assignment, selection, iteration, etc.
- Write programs using regular expressions
- Write programs which can interact with databases

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24

Practical

20

Autonomous Student Learning

156

Total

200

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
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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
Continuous Assessment: Varies over the Trimester n/a Graded No

40

Examination: 2 hour End of Trimester Exam Not specified Graded No

60


Carry forward of passed components
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Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
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