Computer Security (Online) – (M.Sc.)

Contents

The programme comprises eight modules (six required modules plus two electives chosen from seven options), culminating in a dissertation.

Our first module lasts nine weeks and incorporates a week-long introduction to both the programme and our online learning platform. All the other modules are eight weeks long.

Modules Overview

Core modules

• Computer Structures
• Professional Issues in Computing
• Computer Communication and Networks
• Security Engineering
• Computer Forensics
• Programming the Internet
• Dissertation

Elective modules

• Databases
• Software Engineering
• Management of QA and Software Testing
• Operating Systems Concepts
• Object Orientated Programming in Java
• Web XML Applications
• e-Commerce

Dissertation

Aim
To undertake a piece of original research to demonstrate your mastery and integration of knowledge you have acquired during the programme.

Description
You choose your dissertation topic in conjunction with your personal dissertation advisor, an academic supervisor, who will provide support throughout the study and writing process. Your dissertation will apply your new knowledge and work experience and must have merit beyond the narrower scope of your particular need.

Online Master - How it works

All University of Liverpool online Masters programmes are taught 100% via the Internet, giving career professionals access to a level of higher education that may otherwise be out of reach because of work or family responsibilities.

This accessibility is made possible because there are no fixed lecture times, the classroom is always open and there is no need to synchronise study with anyone else. In completing their assignments, students can interact with instructors and classmates whenever and wherever suits them best.

All courses are delivered online one at a time, so students can get to grips with the subject and explore it in real depth. We carefully compose each individual study group from a student body representing a wide variety of experience, so that feedback from classmates is stimulating and inspiring, bringing both specialist knowledge and fresh perspectives.

Accreditation

All UK universities are regulated and monitored by a government body, the QAA. Some of the older, well-established UK Universities have been awarded a Royal Charter. The Royal Charter was granted to the University of Liverpool in 1903; it is a sign of proven academic quality and allows the University to independently award Bachelors, Masters, and to doctorate degrees.

The University of Liverpool is also funded by the Government (Department of Education and Science) via the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). HEFCE established the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) to oversee the quality of degrees in HEFCE-funded universities.

The US and Canada are happy to accept the standard of degrees awarded by universities in the UK as equivalent to their own corresponding degrees.

The degrees offered via the Internet through Laureate Online Education are fully recognised Master's degree programmes of the University of Liverpool with exactly the same status and standing as other Masters level degrees of the University.