Cyber - Courses

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Courses

Course offerings and areas of study related to the work and research advanced by the Cyber Policy Center and programs.

FEATURED COURSES

TRUTH, TRUST AND TECH (COMM 224)

Taught by Jeff Hancock, Co-Director of the CPC, the course looks at the prevalence of both deception and communication technology in our personal and professional lives.

HACK LAB: INTRODUCTION TO CYBERSECURITY (INTLPOL 268)

Hack Lab is designed to give students a solid understanding of the most common types of attacks used in cybercrime and cyberwarfare.

FREE SPEECH, DEMOCRACY AND THE INTERNET (LAW 7082)

Taught by CPC Co-Director Nate Persily and Daphne Keller, Director of the Program on Platform Regulation, this course focuses on contemporary issues in regulation of the Internet.

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GOVERNANCE OF THE INTERNET (LAW 4051)

This course is a review of laws that shape platforms' decisions about online content, with a primary focus on intermediary liability laws.

New Materials from the Trust & Safety Teaching Consortium

A 13-module reading list and associated slide decks, recorded lectures, and exercises. Updated in early 2024.

Trust and Safety Teaching Consortium: Launching the Teaching Materials

The Trust & Safety Teaching Consortium is a coalition of academic, industry and non-profit experts in online trust and safety problems. Our goal is to create content that can be used to teach a variety of audiences about trust and safety issues in a wide variety of formats.