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University of Alabama at Birmingham · Department of Computer Science and Department of Criminal Justice (interdisciplinary)

Bachelor of Science in Digital Forensics

Bachelor'sBSDedicated degreeOn campus

Overview

A 120-hour on-campus B.S. with 39 hours in the major, mixing criminal justice and computer science courses and ending in a digital forensics capstone plus an elective of malicious-attack investigations or a digital forensics internship.

Official program name
Bachelor of Science in Digital Forensics
Awarded degree
Bachelor of Science · major: Digital Forensics
Source: catalog.uab.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Degree level
Bachelor's
Cybersecurity focus
Dedicated cybersecurity degreeThe degree itself is in cybersecurity or a closely related security field (information security, information assurance, cyber operations, digital forensics…).
Source: catalog.uab.edu · verified October 11, 2026
School
Source: catalog.uab.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Location
Birmingham, AL
Specializations
Digital Forensics — core of the degree
Required credits
Total Hours 120; 39 hours in the major
Source: catalog.uab.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Duration
Not verified

Entry pathway

Not verified whether this degree admits first-year students or only applicants with prior credits.

Why this program is listed

Dedicated B.S. in Digital Forensics combining criminal justice and computer science coursework.

Interdisciplinary digital forensics degree for careers in digital forensics and cyber security; required courses include computer forensics, investigating online crimes, digital media forensics and networking, with a digital forensics capstone.

Source: catalog.uab.edu · verified October 11, 2026

We list cybersecurity bachelor's, master's and research doctorates at institutionally accredited US schools — dedicated degrees and formal concentrations, never certificates or electives-only degrees. Eligibility rules

Format and attendance

Formats, online delivery, campus visits, internships and class schedule are shown separately, each only as the school states it.
Formats offered
On campus
Source: uab.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Internship
Optional internship
Source: catalog.uab.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Study intensity
Not verified

Curriculum

Capstone

Internship

  • A 2.3 cumulative GPA is required before applying for the internship.
    Source: catalog.uab.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Admissions

Required, optional, waived and not-required items are shown exactly as the school states them. Anything not listed is not verified — not “not required”.

Admission requirements: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Tests

Entrance and English-language test policy: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

We do not publish acceptance rates or estimate admission chances.

Start dates and deadlines

Dates are shown with the term the school printed. A past date is marked passed and is never carried into a new cycle.

Application deadlines: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Tuition and fees

Each amount keeps its student category, academic year and basis. Per-credit, per-term and whole-program figures are not comparable with each other, and tuition is not the full cost of attendance.
CategoryAmountBasis and year
In-state — Undergraduate in-state, College of Arts and SciencesFrom the school-wide rate table for this level$399per credit · 2026-2027Calculated tuition$47,880 = 120 credits × $399 per credit. Excludes mandatory fees, books, travel for any required visits or placements, transfer credit reductions and rate changes. Not the full cost of attendance.Source: uab.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Out-of-state — Undergraduate out-of-state, College of Arts and SciencesFrom the school-wide rate table for this level$994per credit · 2026-2027Calculated tuition$119,280 = 120 credits × $994 per credit. Excludes mandatory fees, books, travel for any required visits or placements, transfer credit reductions and rate changes. Not the full cost of attendance.Source: uab.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Scholarships and funding

Awards published by the school for this program or for its level. Loans must be repaid and are not scholarships; service scholarships require government service after graduation. Scholarships & funding guide

Program-specific scholarships: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

The NCAE-C directory lists University of Alabama at Birmingham with a CyberCorps Scholarship for Service program; eligibility, service obligation and the programs it covers are set by the school and the federal program. Source: maps.caecommunity.org · verified October 11, 2026

Accreditation, ABET and CAE

Three different things: the school's institutional accreditation, ABET accreditation of this exact program, and the school's NSA CAE designation.

Institutional accreditation

  • Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) — accreditedSource: ope.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

ABET program accreditation

This program does not appear in ABET's accredited-program database. ABET accreditation is program-specific and optional; the school's other programs or its institutional accreditation do not imply it.

NSA CAE designation (school)

A CAE designation belongs to the institution and its validated program of study; it is not accreditation and does not certify every degree. Accreditation & CAE explained

Sources and verification

Every fact on this page comes from the official pages and directories below. Last verified October 11, 2026.
  1. catalog.uab.edu/undergraduate/collegeofartsciences/interdisciplinaryprograms/digitalforensics/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 11, 2026
  2. NCAE-C institution directory (National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity) — Source, verified October 11, 2026
  3. DAPIP — SACSCOC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  4. uab.edu/cost-aid/cost/detailed-tuition-fees — Official tuition and fees page, verified October 11, 2026
  5. uab.edu/degrees/undergraduate/digital-forensics-bs — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026

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