The primary goal of document forensics is to determine the authenticity and integrity of documents. This course combines theory, methods, and practical work in document forensics, situated at the intersection of technical rigor, legal frameworks, and analytical investigation.
Admission requirements
The target group of this course is bachelor's students in records management or library and information science at our partner institutions.
The course can also be relevant for students in journalism, history and cultural heritage, data analysis, law, museum studies, and related fields.
There are no specific prerequisites for this course.
How to apply
International exchange students select courses when applying for exchange.
Application deadline: 15 April.
Content
- The digital forensic lifecycle: identifying, collecting, preserving, and documenting evidence without compromising integrity.
- Applicable laws, standards, and evidentiary requirements used by courts and law enforcement.
- Analysing common document formats and metadata to establish provenance, detect modifications, reconstruct timelines, and verify authenticity/integrity.
- Evaluating and adapting to emerging technologies and their impact on document-forensics methods and challenges.
Teaching methods
Learning approaches and work alternate between lectures, data labs, discussions, self study, and group work.
Course description
The course description will be posted soon.
Costs
There is no semester fee for exchange students.
Exam and assessment
To be eligible to sit for the exam, the student must submit three written assignments. The assignments may be completed individually or in groups (maximum 4 students per group). Each assignment should be roughly 2–3 pages in length.
The exam for the subject is a written individual semester assignment on a given topic with a length of 23,000 characters, including spaces.
Questions about this course?
Contact the administrative coordinator if you have questions about admission requirements and how to apply:
