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Classes are held one evening per week in Seattle.

Autumn Course

Law and Computer Forensics

Schedule: Thursdays, 6-9 p.m., Sept. 25 - Dec. 4, 2008 (no class Nov. 27); $830; 3 CEUs.
Instructor: Christopher Steuart

Law and Computer Forensics:

• Evidentiary issues
• Discovery
• Chains of evidence
• Records management
• Preservation and petrification
• Spoliation
• Dealing with attorneys
• Conducting interviews
• Litigation
• Criminal/civil/internal investigation
• Depositions/expert reporting/testimony in court

Winter Course

Computer Forensics Tools and Processes

Schedule: Thursdays, 6-9 p.m., Jan. 8 - Mar. 12, 2009; $830; 3 CEUs.
Instructor: Michael Finnie

• Crime scene evaluation
• Hardware/hard disk structure/operating systems file management
• Operating system limitations/imaging techniques
• Forensic software
• Encryption, passwords, and data hiding
• Financial and text documents, internet, and e-mail examinations
• Presenting the evidence

Applied Computer Forensics: Case Studies

Schedule: Thursdays, 6-9 p.m., Apr. 2 - June 4, 2009; $830; 3 CEUs.
Instructors: William Nelson and Justin McAnn

• Problems solving/systems analysis/investigation planning
• Digital evidence from an enterprise
• Network forensics
• Suspect profiling techniques
• Computer forensics lab management
• Quality assurance and quality control
• Case projects/analysis/presentation