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Recommended Citation: Kortsarts, Y and W Harver.  Introduction to Computer Forensics for Non-Majors.  In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2007, v 24 (Pittsburgh): §3142. ISSN: 1542-7382. (A later version appears in Information Systems Education Journal 7(14). ISSN: 1545-679X.)
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Introduction to Computer Forensics for Non-Majors

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Refereed7 pages
Yana Kortsarts    [a1] [a2]
Computer Science Department
Widener University    [u1] [u2]
Chester, Pennsylvania, USA    [c1] [c2]

William Harver    [a1] [a2]
Criminal Justice Department
Widener University    [u1] [u2]
Chester, Pennsylvania, USA    [c1] [c2]

In this paper, we present our experience teaching an introductory course in computer forensics for non-majors. The course was taught by an interdisciplinary team of computer science and criminal justice faculty, and was open as a free elective to computer science and information systems students as well. Course curriculum, lecture structure, lab assignments, and hands-on activities are reported and discussed. The paper presents challenges and course results. The proposed approach could be easily adapted to teach an introductory computer forensics course to computer science and information systems majors.

Keywords: computer forensics, pedagogy, introductory computer science and information systems curriculum

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