Accelerate your career in cybersecurity, criminal justice, law enforcement or digital forensics with the region’s only graduate cybercrime certificate.
Locations
- Fully online (Fall, Spring, Summer entry)
Why Earn a Cybercrime Certificate at Georgia Southern?
- The need for cybersecurity professionals is growing rapidly.
- Develop high-demand digital forensic skills to enhance your career.
- Work closely with award-winning faculty and criminal justice professionals.
- Complete program in as little as one semester.
- All courses may be applied to the online cybercrime concentration of the M.S. in Criminal Justice and Criminology, if desired
- 12 credit hours to earn certificate.
The online graduate certificate in cybercrime ignites your career advancement by training you to conduct digital forensics investigations. Georgia Southern’s innovative program is the only one of its kind in the region, and allows you to quickly earn your certificate in just one semester. Upon completing the program, you’ll be ready to pursue the AccessData Certified Examiner credential, if you choose.
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What Can You Do With a Cybercrime Certificate?
As cybercrime continues to soar around the world, the need for trained professionals who can investigate online crime and work to build better defenses is growing just as quickly. Specialized expertise in cybercrime helps jump start or advance your career in cybersecurity, criminal justice, law enforcement or digital forensics.
Building on your bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, the graduate certificate in cybercrime equips you to identify cyberthreats and conduct digital forensic investigations. Your digital expertise can help support leaders and law enforcement in promoting national security and public safety.
Where our graduates work:
- Police and sheriff departments
- Federal law enforcement agencies
- Government agencies
- Military
- Private investigation agencies
What our graduates do:
- Certified forensics examiner
- Private or government agency investigator
- FBI agent
- Forensics science technician
- Crime lab analyst
- Police officer
What You’ll Learn
Courses in the graduate certificate in cybercrime program focus on cybercrime and its causes, digital forensics and laws governing the internet. You’ll explore the causes and correlates of different forms of cybercrime, along with studying the criminal justice system’s response. As you learn basic digital forensic skills, you’ll also strengthen your communication, analysis and critical thinking. Upon graduating, you’ll be able to apply all your knowledge to conduct digital forensic investigations and identify cybersecurity threats.
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Regular Admission
Admission to this program is competitive. At a minimum, for admission to the certificate program, the applicant must have:
- A baccalaureate degree from an appropriately accredited four-year institution (with a major that adequately prepares students for success in this field).
- A minimum of 3.00 overall undergraduate GPA.
- A letter of application detailing: a) academic background, b) relevant experience, c) career goals and objectives relative to enrollment in this program.
- A current resume providing details of relevant education and work experience.
- Provisional Admission
- Students whose GPA is under 2.75 may be granted provisional admission by the graduate faculty committee based on a careful review of additional materials submitted.
Provisional Admission
A student may be reclassified with regular admission providing that they have completed two program or related courses (6 hours), approved by their advisor, with a grade of no less than B. Additional courses may be required to be completed prior to a student’s reclassification that do not contribute to these nine hours (such as taking an undergraduate statistics course to prepare for graduate statistics). No more than nine hours may be earned under the provisional admission classification. After nine hours, the student must either be reclassified as a regular admission student or be removed from the program.
Follow these steps to complete the Georgia Southern application:
- Create an application account.
- Complete our online application using the PIN you received after creating your application account.
- Once complete, pay the $30 application fee or upload a valid fee waiver. Previous Georgia Southern applicants and dual enrollment students do not need to pay the fee.
You can check your application status at My.GeorgiaSouthern.edu/admissions three days after completing your application. This page contains live information about your admission status, including a checklist of missing documents we need to make a decision.
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You’ll have access to a wide range of support, from the Justice Studies Club to graduate student forms and resources.
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Take the Next Step
Build your digital expertise in one of the most pressing challenges of our time. Learn more about earning the online graduate certificate in cybercrime at Georgia Southern.
Contact Us
Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
Georgia Southern University
P.O. Box: 8105
Statesboro, GA 30460
912-478-8007
Fax: 912-478-4999
cjcrim@georgiasouthern.edu
Program Coordinator
Dr. Adam Bossler
Armstrong Campus
Phone: 912-344-2526
abossler@georgiasouthern.edu