27Nov
PostgraduateCourse summary
This Master's degree is designed to provide you with an understanding of the criminological, legal and research context of cybercrime. Furthermore, it aims to equip you with an understanding of computing skills and capabilities that will help to respond to online threats to personal information as well as to organisational environments. This makes it the ideal postgraduate qualification for students and professionals seeking a specialist role in a community or support service environment, such as victim support services, the police force, child protection, offender services, as well as corporate environments where there is a need to prevent and respond to cybercrime and issues related to online safety. Course highlights -You will be taught by leading experts working in the field of online safety and child protection -Learn how cyber criminals seek to take advantage of internet systems and ways of preventing these crimes from happening -Gain specialist skills and knowledge in a relevant and increasingly essential area of criminology, with many employment opportunities Introducing our new Learning Framework After working with our students to gather feedback on what they love most about our courses, we’re making some changes to how we structure and teach our programmes for the start of the 2024/25 academic year. You can find more information about how this course is affected by viewing the relevant course information sheet on our Learning Framework page: https://www.mdx.ac.uk/study/learning-framework/
Modules
Core modules: Corporate Compliance and Financial Crime Prevention (30 credits) - Compulsory Cybercrime and Society (20 credits) - Compulsory Digital Investigation and Evidence Management (30 credits) - Compulsory Researching Cybercrime (20 credits) - Compulsory Choose one of the following modules: Dissertation (60 credits) - Optional Work Integrated Learning (60 credits) - Optional Cyber Awareness Project (60 credits) - Optional Choose one of the following optional modules: Youth Offending, Disorder and Gangs (20 credits) - Optional Community Safety and Public Protection (20 credits) - Optional Drugs and Crime (20 credits) - Optional Political Violence and Terrorism (20 credits) - Optional Qualitative Analysis with NVivo (20 credits) - Optional Social Science Statistics with SPSS (20 credits) - Optional Regulatory Practices and Policing Cybercrime (20 credits) - Optional Environmental Crime and Green Criminology (20 credits) - Optional Forensic and Investigative Psychology (20 credits) - Optional Psychological Interventions and Responses to Offending (20 credits) - Optional
Entry requirements
A 2:2 honours degree, or equivalent qualification, in an appropriate subject (i.e. criminology; social sciences) We also consider candidates with other relevant qualifications. Those without formal qualifications need to demonstrate three years' relevant work experience and the ability to study at postgraduate level. Entry requirements listed are accurate at the time of publishing and vary between programmes. Please check your chosen course page for specific entry requirements. Depending on your chosen course, we also consider a combination of qualifications. The latest entry requirements can be found on the course page at: https://www.mdx.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/cybercrime-and-digital-investigation We have a personalised admissions approach in which we make fair, but aspirational offers to our applicants. We feel it’s important that you continue to aim high and achieve great results. If you don’t quite make the grades you hoped to, we’ll look at more than your qualifications when making our final decision. We’ll take into consideration any barriers you may have faced in your learning, especially with potential disruption due to the coronavirus, your achievements in other areas and your personal statement. At Middlesex, we’ll always aim to be as flexible as possible. We pride ourselves on how we recognise potential in our applicants, and support them to succeed in the future.
English language requirements
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
|---|---|---|
| IELTS (Academic) | 6.5 | With at least 6.0 in each component |
| TOEFL (iBT) | 87 | With at least 21 in listening & writing, 22 in speaking and 23 in reading |
| PTE Academic | 58 | With at least 51 in all components |
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| EU | £112* | Credit |
| England | £64* | Credit |
| Northern Ireland | £64* | Credit |
| Scotland | £64* | Credit |
| Wales | £64* | Credit |
| Channel Islands | £64* | Credit |
| International | £112* | Credit |
*This is a provisional fee and subject to change.
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
At Middlesex, we have a range of funding and loan options available to ensure you are able to attend university, whatever your financial background. Tuition fees vary for UK, EU and International students. More information about fees for the course you are interested in studying can be found at: https://www.mdx.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/cybercrime-and-digital-investigation
Provider information
Middlesex University
Hendon Campus
The Burroughs
Barnet
NW4 4BT