MOORHEAD, Minn. – Minnesota State Moorhead will begin offering a Bachelor of Arts degree in cybercrime beginning this Fall.
The university says it merges cybersecurity, criminal justice and sociology into a unified, career-focused curriculum.
The program is designed for students interested in cybersecurity and criminal justice careers.
“We use criminology and cybersecurity to find people and catch criminals,” Program Coordinator and Professor Karen Branden said. “Nearly all crimes have a digital footprint today. Finding criminals, gathering evidence for prosecution, and creating justice for victims all rely on criminal justice professionals knowing how to pursue crime in the digital and physical spaces. We put our methodology into action.”
Students will apply learning to real-world cases including conducting online investigation methods like open-source intelligence that’s used by security experts.
Cybercrime careers like information security analysts are projected to grow 29 percent from 2014 to 2034 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Click here for more information on MSUM’s cybercrime program.
