12-09-2025, 01:46 PM
Courses should be wrapping up now. What was the experience for those who took them?
I will share mine. I had wanted to take Special Education Law, but it was already booked up, and I was contacted by the administration team to book another module. Ended up going with MISY 5320 Information Assurance and Security. It was delivered via Blackboard, and was based on Wm Arthur Conklin's Principles of Computer Security, a book designed for studying for the CompTIA Security certification.
There were quizzes and written assignments weekly. The assignments had a lower word limit. The quizzes were based on specific sentences from the book (e.g. definitions), from which we had to fill in a missing word. Most were multiple choice but some had to be typed in. No proctoring software was needed.
There were also an essay, a mid-term exam and a final exam. Both exams were quizzes with 80 questions.
Overall, I feel like I learned quite a bit from this course. There were a lot of topics within cybersecurity that were covered. But I also feel it was a bit shallow. Quizzes felt like rote memorisation tests than a real tests of understanding. Essays were better and you could go into more detail. We had the opportunity to contact the TA and the lecturer, but with the material not being that deep, I did not feel the need to do so (except to point out some errors in the textbook). On the other hand, if you are already in tech and need a module you can take without too much effort, this might be a good choice.
I will share mine. I had wanted to take Special Education Law, but it was already booked up, and I was contacted by the administration team to book another module. Ended up going with MISY 5320 Information Assurance and Security. It was delivered via Blackboard, and was based on Wm Arthur Conklin's Principles of Computer Security, a book designed for studying for the CompTIA Security certification.
There were quizzes and written assignments weekly. The assignments had a lower word limit. The quizzes were based on specific sentences from the book (e.g. definitions), from which we had to fill in a missing word. Most were multiple choice but some had to be typed in. No proctoring software was needed.
There were also an essay, a mid-term exam and a final exam. Both exams were quizzes with 80 questions.
Overall, I feel like I learned quite a bit from this course. There were a lot of topics within cybersecurity that were covered. But I also feel it was a bit shallow. Quizzes felt like rote memorisation tests than a real tests of understanding. Essays were better and you could go into more detail. We had the opportunity to contact the TA and the lecturer, but with the material not being that deep, I did not feel the need to do so (except to point out some errors in the textbook). On the other hand, if you are already in tech and need a module you can take without too much effort, this might be a good choice.
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