Faculty
Department
Description
The Bachelor of Digital Forensics Honours aims to provide educational opportunities for students interested in and motivated to work as digital forensics professionals. Students will be capacitated with the requisite knowledge required to identify, present, analyse, document, and preserve digital evidence using scientifically proven and accepted processes. This programme is purposefully designed to produce skilful, competent, and motivated digital forensics graduates who can successfully identify attacks and breaches, understand their sources, and recover compromised data whenever a breach or attack occurs using appropriate tools. The programme further enables students to develop critical skills to present evidence whenever a digital investigation is required.
Admission Requirements
A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, preferably in Cyber Security, Systems Administration, and Communication Networks, or an equivalent qualification at NQF Level 7 from a recognised institution, worth at least 360 credits.
Applicants are required to submit the following documents with their applications:
- A professional résumé highlighting practical and professional computing experience, if applicable.
- A written proposal or motivation for undertaking further studies.
