Course summary
This course is an apprenticeship, and to apply you must be employed at a company that supports your enrolment on the scheme, or you’ve received a job offer with a firm that wishes to employ you as an apprentice. You should have a curiosity and interest in cyber security with a strong desire to learn new techniques to boost your career. The benefits of this course are many and varied. You will build knowledge of the cyber security field, explore cryptography, network security and digital forensics, as this is of high value to employers within the sector. You will also have access to our virtual cyber-security lab where you’ll work on cyber attack and defence tasks based on real-world scenarios. This course is based on the MSc Cyber Security programme certified by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) signifying our high-quality education in Cyber Security. Your course also features real-life scenarios that you will work in our Cyber Security laboratory. The programme will provide you with analytical, operational and development skills in both technical and socio-technical cyber security areas, making you highly employable. Our graduates have gone into a range of careers in the IT sector, as well as the telecommunications and banking industries. Other roles you could pursue include:
- Cyber security manager/architect
- Security analyst
- Information security
- Cyber security consultant
- Information security officer
Modules
You will learn through lectures, tutorials and laboratory sessions taught by leading experts in the cyber security field. In lectures you will learn theoretical concepts that underpin a subject and information on additional topics for private study. Tutorials will help you develop skills in applying the concepts covered in the lectures. There are eight core, taught modules on the programme all worth 15 credits:
- Information Security Fundamentals (15 credits)
- Network Security (15 credits)
- Research Methods and Professional Issues (15 credits)
- Cryptography (15 credits)
- Digital Forensics (15 credits)
- Cyber Crime and Sociotechnical Risk (15 credits)
- Executive Development (15 credits)
- Project Management (15 credits)
Assessment method
You’ll be expected to study independently and do coursework assignments. These may be programs, theoretical work and essays. There will be coursework across all the security specific modules to ensure you get hands-on operational experience of relevant aspects of cyber security, including testing and analysis. Your progress throughout your course will be guided by active researchers in cyber security, culminating in an individual project, an original piece of research, conducted independently with appropriate academic supervision. At the end of the MSc component, you will complete an end point assessment, based on work-based assessments and project to fulfil the requirements of the level 7 apprenticeship qualification.
Entry requirements
Applicants should normally have a UK first or an upper second class honours degree (or equivalent) in computer science or a related discipline with some mathematical content. We may accept applicants with lower second-class degrees if they have relevant work experience, but this is at our discretion. You will also require: - Two references from your current and/or previous employers. - Employment within an organisation that support your enrolment in the degree as part of your Digital and Technology Solutions Specialist (Cyber security technology specialist) training. You must be a UK or EU national with the right to work in the UK. The Apprenticeship Levy covers roles in organisations in England.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| EU | £21000 | Whole course |
| International | £21000 | Whole course |
| England | £21000 | Whole course |
| Scotland | £21000 | Whole course |
| Wales | £21000 | Whole course |
| Northern Ireland | £21000 | Whole course |
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
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
City (City St George's, University of London)
Northampton Square
City of London
EC1V 0HB