At the beginning of the program, students take an intensive one-day orientation seminar. The orientation offers a number of workshops to introduce students to the program, during which students are introduced to Blackboard (virtual classroom software), case study and analysis, library resources, and the writing of reports and reference citations.

The Graduate Certificate in High Technology Crime Investigation curriculum is designed to provide graduates with expertise in the care aspects of digital forensics and cyber crime. The curriculum consists of 4 courses for a total of 12 credits for the graduate certificate.

• CIT 500 Computer Hardware and Software Platforms
• CIT 530 Cyber Forensics
• CIT 535 Advanced Cyber Forensics
• CIT 538 Small Scale Digital Device Forensics