Module SOC2121 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
SOC2121: Cybercrime
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following themes:
- Introduction: What is cybercrime? How do computers and the internet work? The deep and dark webs.
- Challenges to law enforcement
- Hacking and intellectual property theft
- Fraud and Malware
- Sex crimes and online harassment
- Disinformation
- Cyber-terrorism
- Cyber-warfare
- Digital forensics, examining forensic evidence, and legal challenges
- Cybercrime, social theory, and the future of internet-based crimes and deterrents
Lectures will be complemented by practical lab-based sessions, which will focus on teaching basic open-source investigation tools that the students will use for their assignments and which will enable them to better understand law enforcement and private sector approaches to tackling cybercrime.
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
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33 | 117 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled learning and teaching activities | 11 | 11 x one hour lectures |
Scheduled learning and teaching activities | 12 | 6 x two hour labs |
Guided independent study | 36 | Course readings and other multi-media content |
Guided independent study | 25 | Reading/research for essay |
Guided independent study | 59 | Group work/research for technical report |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Group presentation to module lead | 10 minutes | 1,2,3,7,9 | Verbal, written provided to the group |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
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100 | 0 | 0 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Essay | 50 | 2,000 words | 1,3,4,5,6,8 | Written feedback |
Technical report | 50 | 2,000 words | 1,2,3,7,8,9 | Written feedback |
Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
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Essay | Essay (2,000 words) (50%) | 1,3,4,5,6,8 | August/September re-assessment period |
Technical report | Technical report (2,000 words) (50%) | 1,2,3,7,8,9 | August/September reassessment period |