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The course introduces penetration testing methodology and techniques. It covers techniques, tools, and procedures employed by penetration testers to identify potential security vulnerabilities in networks, systems, and applications. It also places an emphasis on ethical standards and legal compliance of ethical hacking.
NOTE: This course is offered as an entirely ONLINE course by Tuihono UC | UC Online and is part of a programme of courses for a Postgraduate Certificate in Cyber Security. Go here to see the requirements, prerequisites and learning outcomes for the four courses of the programme.Please note:• Each course is 10 weeks in total (8 weeks learning, 1 week term-break, 1 week study). Courses have different term start dates compared to on-campus courses (check the UC online page for term dates). Each course requires approximately 18.5 hours of study per week. This means you have to manage your time commitments wisely.• Courses are completely online, you are not required to come on campus for any lectures, labs or assessments. You will be asked to read the lecture material in your own time. There will be no lectures or lecture recordings. There is a weekly Synchronization session offered via Zoom (similar to tutorials)• The courses (COSC446, COSC447, COSC448 and MBIS622) are designed to be taken sequentially for the Postgraduate Certificate in Cybersecurity. If you want to just take a single course, you will need approval from the Course Coordinator.Contact UC Online here .UC Online uses an independent portal from the On Campus portal and to get access to your learning materials, you need to sign up to the UC Online portal.To do that please signup to UCOnline using PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS as the email address (email address you used while registering for the course). Once signed up, you will see your 2025 application on the UC Online portal.Accessing your courseYou will receive an email once the course is added to your learning portal. Please use the link here to access the learning portal. This is the URL you’ll use throughout your study, so we recommend adding it to your bookmarks bar.Any questions?Our handy FAQs page should answer any questions you have, but our team are always available to help if you need personalized support. Don’t be afraid to reach out to UC Online @ support@uconline.ac.nz.
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The Computer Science department's grading policy states that in order to pass a course you must meet two requirements:1. You must achieve an average grade of at least 50% over all assessment items.2. You must achieve an average mark of at least 45% on invigilated assessment items.If you satisfy both these criteria, your grade will be determined by the following University-wide scale for converting marks to grades: an average mark of 50% is sufficient for a C- grade, an average mark of 55% earns a C grade, 60% earns a C+ grade and so forth. However if you do not satisfy both the passing criteria you will be given either a D or E grade depending on marks. Marks are sometimes scaled to achieve consistency between courses from year to year.Students may apply for special consideration if their performance in an assessment is affected by extenuating circumstances beyond their control.Applications for special consideration should be submitted via the Special Considerations website within five days of the assessment.Where an extension may be granted for an assessment, this will be decided by direct application to the Department and an application to the Examinations Office may not be required. Special consideration is not available for items worth less than 10% of the course.Students prevented by extenuating circumstances from completing the course after the final date for withdrawing, may apply for special consideration for late discontinuation of the course. Applications must be submitted to the Examinations Office within five days of the end of the main examination period for the semester.
Please click HERE for the CSSE Department's policy for the academic remedy of applications for a special consideration for final exams.
Domestic fee $1,176.00
International Postgraduate fees
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Computer Science and Software Engineering .