In this post – baccalaureate four course advanced certificate program you will acquire hands on experience with industry wide cutting edge software and analytics tools in hybrid and classroom based courses.
| curriculum | Modality | App deadline | timeline | start terms |
| Advanced Certificate |
On-Campus, early evenings; Online |
Rolling Admission | 12-24 months: full-time or part-time | Fall, Spring, Summer |
Digital forensics is a fast-growing, billion-dollar market with high long-term projected demand for trained professionals. With identity theft, insider trading, information security breaches, cyber-attacks, financial fraud, and terrorism, digital forensic analysts are tasked at understanding how to investigate incidents and track activities in the electronic domain.
We’ve designed our program to provide you with the skills necessary to use investigative procedures while applying accounting methods and financial techniques necessary to uncover, solve and document financial crimes.
The Fraud and Digital Forensics Advanced Certificate program is open to anyone with a bachelor's degree in accounting or a CPA license. Students who successfully complete all four courses in this certificate program receive an advanced Fraud and Digital Forensics Certificate from Siena's AACSB accredited School of Business.
Earning the Advanced Professional Certificate in Fraud and Digital Forensics will keep you competitive in your current role by allowing you to build upon your skills, but it can also help you transition into a position with more responsibility or even into a completely different profession by teaching you new, valuable skills that today’s employers want and need.
Brief personal essay indicating the reason you are pursuing your chosen graduate program and your intended long-term goals (submitted online with your application). Need some tips?
Include employment history, certificate or licenses held, volunteer/extracurricular activities, leadership roles, honors/awards and education history (submitted online with your application).
Official Transcripts are required from all post-secondary institutions which you have earned college credit. Unofficial copies may be uploaded for the purpose of application review, but official copies are required prior to enrollment.
Also, if you earned your undergraduate degree outside of the United States, an evaluated transcript is required by a recognized member of The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES.) Our preferred evaluators are World Education Services, Inc. or Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc.
Transcripts and evaluations should be emailed directly to our registrar at transcriptreceiving@siena.edu or mailed to the address below:
Siena University
Registrar's Office
515 Loudon Road
Loudonville, NY 12211
Official TOEFL, IELTS or DUOLINGO Test Scores are required from international students whose native language is not English. All English examination scores are considered valid up to two years after the testing date. Certificates of Instruction may be considered if English was the medium of instruction for undergraduate studies.
Accepted tests and minimum scores:
TOEFL - 79
IELTS - 6.5
DUOLINGO - 115
Official Test Results should be sent electronically to graduateadmissions@siena.edu or mailed directly to:
Siena University
Registrar's Office
515 Loudon Road
Loudonville, NY 12211
