athulin wrote:
In a later posting you say:> I don't understand why courses don't revolve around modules consisting of EnCase, FTK, Linux tools,>Linux Distro's e.g Deft or Kali etc Instead there's web development and the like. Very disappointing to say the least.
There is a difference between education and training -- and universities in general have a tradition of focusing on the former rather than the latter. If the courses taught CHI and perhaps also programming before you were allowed to do something like 'introduction to CF' or 'Basic CF Analysis', I'd probably be concerned.That's correct, Universities do seem to focus on education rather than training and what I mean by that is, they will teach you the very basics and expect you to read up on a subject. That's great...until you come up against something that you haven't been taught, that you cannot find in a book. I remember asking a question in my 2nd year of university about wireshark and the lecturer's reply was: 'I don't know if I can tell you that.' My initial thoughts were: 'Well, I'm paying for this course, so...you probably should tell me! <img src="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="Very Happy" title="Very Happy" /> )
And I think that's the main problem with University courses. The people teaching clearly know their stuff, but they are very reluctant to share anything beyond the basics, which is a real shame. It almost feels like 'filler' modules. It's not computer-related, but I know people doing drama and art degree's and they're confused why they're not getting any jobs after they've graduated. Some elements of university aren't all they're cracked up to be.
As for me, completing a forensics course, I don't know whether to do a MSc or just get a job with a BSc. Perhaps you may be able to enlighten me on that one?? Because although an MSc would probably be better on my CV, I cannot imagine I'd learn enough to justify the expense.
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