Course Overview
employment opportunities remain extremely buoyant.
The course is designed to foster a critical, analytical and experiential approach to embedded study skills
and subject-specific academic English. The course supports students towards informed career choices,
with awareness of their own strengths and knowledge of career pathways. Successful completion of this
year will enable progression to year 2 (Level 4) of the BSc Ethical Hacking and Cyber Security
programme.
This year aims to develop knowledge and skills that can be applied to solving scientific problems. The
educational experience also aims to develop students’ intellectual and personal skills. The course has
equal proportions of applied science and engineering (40 credits), mathematics (40 credits) and English
language (40 credits).
Main Study Themes
Cyber Security
This core theme refers to all of the ethical hacking and cyber security aspects of the course that are not covered by other themes. Most critically, it covers the practical skills required to secure or exploit systems .
Development
A key requirement for graduates in cyber security, also explicitly stated in various course standards and certifications, is the ability to develop software. This could be the development of secure software for clients, or the development of software to be used in security research and practice.
Systems
Understanding information systems of various types is an essential skill in cyber security. This theme brings together material on classical computer science topics, such as operating systems, as well as auto-motive systems, Internet of Things and more.
Audit
This theme covers system and service auditing, compliance, standards, certification, legal and ethical requirements related to cyber security.
Management, Leadership and Professionalism
Beyond the theoretical and practical knowledge of the course, graduates will require an understanding of what is expected of them in a professional sense. This theme includes understanding the domains in which graduates typically work, building professional profile, leader-ship, management of teams and projects, wider business concerns and making use of third-party services .
Course Information
The Ethical Hacking and Cyber Security course has been developed after a decade of experience teaching
cyber security and producing graduates who go on to careers in the sector. Previous graduates have gone
on to become security consultants, security engineers, penetration testers and other sector specific roles.
With a strong emphasis on practical application of academic and theoretical aspects, the course teaches
the key skills and competencies required by a cyber security professional, using specialised physical and
virtual labs.
Students can study the course with a placement year
