Online Investigations Programs

Welcome to the University of New Haven’s online investigations programs, the first of its in kind in the nation! We offer several areas to focus your studies: financial crimes, cyber and cyber enabled crimes, digital forensics, major crimes, trafficking and smuggling (human and wildlife), crypto assets and many more.

  • M.S. in Anti-Money Laundering and Compliance Investigations

    With our M.S. in Anti-Money Laundering and Compliance Investigations program, you will develop the high degree of financial acumen needed to recognize clues to a crime when you see them, the different ways money can go rogue, the ability to trace its movements, and the leadership skills to head up an investigations team to bring it all out into the open.

    M.S. in Cyber Threat Intelligence and Financial Crimes Investigations

    A master’s degree in Cyber Threat Intelligence and Financial Crimes Investigations will strengthen your earning potential, make you a more valuable team member and also create opportunities to move into greater leadership roles. Speak with our advisors about how you can 'build your own degree' to maximize your potential and knowledge.

    M.S. in Investigations

    Whether you are looking to enter the public law enforcement sector or bring your knowledge and skills to the private sector, the M.S. in Investigations can be customized to fit your needs. Concentrations are available in Criminal Investigations and Financial Crimes.

    M.S. in Healthcare Fraud Waste & Abuse Investigations

    This program provides students with background knowledge of and requisite insight into one of the fastest-growing areas of white-collar investigations.

    M.S. in Digital Forensic Investigations

    Students will learn and understand the unique techniques and forensic tools used in performing investigations, with specific focus on investigations involving digital devices and a wide array of sources of data that may be encountered today.

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  • The University of New Haven offers several graduate Investigations Certificate programs. These certificate programs allow you to explore and gain a better understanding of different facets of Investigations without committing to a full master’s degree.

    Financial Crime Investigations

    The Financial Crimes Investigation certificate is comprised of two required courses and two electives from the list as shown. This certificate is intended to enhance a student’s knowledge, and employability, in both the public and private sector financial crimes investigations.

    Cybercrime Investigations

    The Cybercrime Investigation certificate is comprised of two required courses and two electives from any program (one of which must be from INVS). This certificate is intended to enhance a student’s knowledge, and employability, in both the public and private sector cybercrime investigations.

    Digital Forensics Investigations

    The Digital Forensics Investigation certificate is comprised of two required courses and two electives from any program, with approval from the advisor. This certificate is intended to enhance a student’s knowledge, and employability, in both the public and private sector digital forensics investigations.

    Civil Rights & Title IX Investigations

    The Civil Rights & Title IX Investigation certificate is comprised of two required courses and two electives from any program, with approval from the advisor. This certificate is intended to enhance a student’s knowledge, and employability, in both the public and private sector civil rights & Title IX investigations.

    Healthcare Fraud Investigations

    The Healthcare Fraud Investigation certificate is comprised of four required courses. This certificate is intended to enhance a student’s knowledge, and employability, in both the public and private sector healthcare fraud investigations.

    Security, Risk, and Resiliency

    The Security, Risk & Resiliency certificate is comprised of three required courses and a choice between two courses for the fourth required course. This certificate is intended to enhance a student’s knowledge, and employability, in both the public and private sector security, risk and resiliency.

    Compliance Investigations

    The Compliance Investigation certificate is comprised of three required courses and one elective from any program, with approval from the advisor. This certificate is intended to enhance a student’s knowledge, and employability, in both the public and private sector financial intelligence investigations.

    Sports Integrity Investigations

    The Certificate of Sports Integrity is the first program in the United States to train students to guard sports from corruption, doping, abuse and match-fixing. You will learn skills, tools and resources that will help you succeed in your passion for safeguarding sports.

    Trafficking in Persons Investigations

    The Trafficking in Persons Investigation certificate is comprised of two required courses and two electives from any program, with approval from the advisor. This certificate is intended to enhance a student’s knowledge, and employability, in both the public and private sector trafficking in persons investigations.

    Elder & Child Protective Services Investigations

    The Elder & Child Protective Investigation certificate is comprised of two required courses and two electives from any program, with approval from the advisor. This certificate is intended to enhance a student’s knowledge, and employability, in both the public and private sector elder & child protective services investigations.

    Criminal Investigations

    The Criminal Investigation certificate is comprised of three required courses and one elective from the list as shown below. This certificate is intended to enhance a student’s knowledge, and employability, in both the public and private sector criminal investigations.

    Corporate Investigations

    The Corporate Investigation certificate is comprised of three required courses and one elective from any INVS course, with approval from the advisor. This certificate is intended to enhance a student’s knowledge, and employability, in both the public and private corporate investigations.

    Wildlife & Environmental Crimes Investigations

    The online graduate certificate in wildlife and environmental crime provides students with the background knowledge and expertise on the current global state of wildlife and environmental crime from a financial crime perspective.

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  • The cost for non-credit investigation courses is $1,000 each. Upon successful completion of these courses students are awarded a digital completion badge. This digital badge can be used on all your social media channels and signifies to potential employers that you possess additional competencies that set you apart from other applicants. Note: Non-credit courses are not eligible to be used as transfer credit when matriculating into a certificate or degree program.

    Healthcare Fraud, Waste & Abuse Investigations
    Healthcare Fraud Investigations

    This course examines healthcare fraud and abuse, regulatory compliance, and transnational and organized crime activities in healthcare fraud. Some of the important subject areas covered in the course include methods for investigating healthcare fraud and abuse, preventing and handling claim audits, compliance with the PPACA, HIPAA, and False Claims Act laws.

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    Healthcare Fraud, Waste, and Abuse and Compliance Failures

    The Office of Inspector General (OIG) publishes model compliance guidelines and comments frequently on various compliance measures providers can take to ensure they do not run afoul of the various healthcare fraud statutes. A case study approach will be on the failure of a system to maintain a proper and quality compliance program. The case study will demonstrate how proper compliance measures work to foster proper billing, coding, and compliance.

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    Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in the U.S. Healthcare Delivery System

    The concept of healthcare delivery is complex and intersects at three critical points. Understanding how healthcare fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) affects each of these key intersection points is critical to improving the integrity of the U.S. healthcare system. This course will examine healthcare FWA within healthcare delivery specifically from the patient-provider-payer perspective. By examining these three points of intersection, students will gain a more comprehensive understanding of why healthcare delivery is susceptible to FWA and key areas of consideration as healthcare reform continues to evolve.

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    Fraud Waste and Abuse Interview/Interrogation, Testifying, and Report Writing

    This course will prepare the healthcare fraud investigator to discern when to interview vs. conduct an interrogation and write a summary interview report that is appropriate for a court of law. The course will also cover how to testify in court in a trial setting from former law enforcement instructors that are expert witnesses. A special focus will be on a large fraud case wherein the students will follow the evidence, conduct interviews, testify, and write reports.

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    Digital Forensics
    E-Discovery Investigations

    This course explores the rules of evidence as they relate to evidence discovery (digital evidence), and the processes by which e-evidence can be collected, maintained, and used in the investigative process. 

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    Foundations of Digital Forensics Investigations

    In this course, students will differentiate the various types of cybercrime, how to conduct an investigation, the process of retrieving and analyzing digital evidence, network forensics, and laws relevant to electronic evidence. It is also ideal for students in legal courses who are seeking an introduction to the technology involved in computer forensics investigations and the technical and legal difficulties involved in searching, extracting, maintaining, and storing electronic evidence, while simultaneously looking at the legal implications of such investigations and the rules of legal procedure relevant to electronic evidence. 

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    Mobile Device Investigations

    A comprehensive study of the sources of evidence on, and generated by, mobile devices including cellular phones and tablets.  This course focuses on the proper investigative methodology for the examination of mobile device evidence including proper collection, data extraction and preservation, analysis, and reporting.  Students will be introduced to hardware and software frequently used in criminal and civil investigations of mobile devices as well as the various operating systems and artifacts encountered, with a focus on Apple and Android devices. 

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    Digital Forensics and Prosecution

    The presentation of evidence in the court setting is the end game for investigative results. Investigators need to prepare their cases for the trial setting and offer such findings in ways that prosecutors, judges, and juries or those who are unfamiliar with certain terminology and methodology can understand. This course will prepare students for trial presentation and examine ways to effectively include and work with the prosecution throughout such cases from the time of obtaining a device through presenting the case findings as evidence.

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    AML & Compliance
    Contemporary Topics in Money Laundering

    The course engages students in researching and evaluating current trends in money laundering, detection methods employed to uncover money laundering, and identifying preventive measures. Students will be exposed to international issues in money laundering, as well as the increasing presence of terrorist organizations, organized crime, and drug cartels in money laundering operations.

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    Banking Secrecy Act and Compliance Investigations

    This course covers current issues and changes in the Banking Secrecy Act (BSA), implementation of the requirements of the act, and analysis of compliance issues. Students will identify how to use BSA reporting requirements in combating money laundering, human trafficking and smuggling, drug trafficking, and other types of fraudulent activities.

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    Evolving Trends of Financial and Cyber Crimes in an EMV World

    This course is a detailed examination of the current state of financial and cyber-enabled crimes in the United States. This will include traditional crimes like check kiting, card-cracking, Felony Lane Gang, and phishing, to the ever increasing threats of high-tech cyber-enabled criminal activity, such as point of sale (POS) network Intrusions, logical and physical attacks on ATMs, and gas pump & POS skimming to obtain the financial DNA of millions of victims. Students will also examine how the latest solution to combat access device fraud, EMV (Europay/Mastercard/Visa Chip Card) technology, will affect the future of cyber and financial crimes in the U.S.  Students will examine whether EMV technology can actually reduce criminal activity in the U.S. or just create a whole new set of problems for investigators.

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    Cyber Threat Intelligence and Financial Crimes Investigations

    This course will introduce students to the concept of cyber threat intelligence and the role it plays in financial crime investigations. Cyber threat intelligence is information that can be used by organizations to identify threats that have currently, or will, target their organization. In this course, we will focus on how financial institutions can use cyber threat intelligence to collect information on these threats and the actors behind them to mitigate attacks against their organization. We will focus on financial and technical intelligence to identify indicators of compromise (IOCs) that can assist financial institutions with implementing security controls to mitigate risk.

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    Wildlife & Environmental
    Contemporary Topics in Money Laundering

    The course engages students in researching and evaluating current trends in money laundering, detection methods employed to uncover money laundering, and identifying preventive measures. Students will be exposed to international issues in money laundering, as well as the increasing presence of terrorist organizations, organized crime, and drug cartels in money laundering operations.

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    Contemporary Topics in Wildlife Crimes Investigations

    The course examines the patterns and trends associated with wildlife crime and the various enforcement approaches that can be applied. This course also explores how we can apply a range of different penalties, fines and sanctions to act as deterrent mechanisms to those engaging in wildlife crime. 3 credits.

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    Contemporary Topics in Environmental Crimes Investigations

    The course examines new and emerging legal and financial crime strategies to combat environmental crime. It will focus on a variety of enforcement strategies with a focus on financial investigations and a review of recent and ongoing cases globally. This course will also explore how we can apply a range of different penalties, fines, and sanctions to act as deterrent mechanisms to those engaging in wildlife crime.

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    Illicit Trade Investigations

    This course examines what constitutes illicit trade and the associated global implications. A range of topics will be examined with reference to smuggling and trafficking techniques, counterfeit goods, fake pharmaceuticals, and the illicit tobacco trade among many others. The course will also focus on articulating trade-based money laundering techniques, the role of the financial system, and the use of underground banks to facilitate illicit trade transactions. Particular emphasis will be on global case studies, enforcement strategies with reference to the growing importance of online platforms to advance the global illicit trade market.

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    Human Trafficking & Smuggling
    Trafficking and Smuggling Investigations

    This course examines the investigation of the three main areas of trafficking and smuggling: human, drugs, and art and artifacts.  The course also explores current trends, shifts, and the international impact of trafficking and smuggling.

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    Labor Trafficking: Examination of Domestic and International Issues

    This course examines issues related to labor trafficking investigations. The course will include a case study that will be progressive in nature, building upon the different components covered each week in the program and culminating in a completed 'investigative' case file replete with investigative strategy, documentation of evidence, (witness and victim interviews, physical, documentary, etc.) and case summary.

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    Technology in Human Trafficking

    This course will examine how technology is leveraged by human traffickers to recruit, control, and traffic humans and profit from it. It will also explain how law enforcement agencies may also employ technology to prevent, disrupt, and dismantle trafficking enterprises.

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    Human Trafficking Analytics

    This course will provide guidance on the broad scope of investigating human trafficking, the context of history in modern day trafficking, and the most effective solutions for modern day use of data analytics in tracking these crimes.  This course will also provide guidance on the use of commercial product solutions, including geospatial analyses, to disrupt and execute interventions on the micro to the macro level.

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    Sports Integrity Investigations
    International Gambling, Fixing, and Corruption

    Students will study the criminal side of international sports: the links between global organized crime and major American sports; the doping and spy rings at the Olympic Games; geo-political "sports washing" by authoritarian regimes in boxing and MMA; and match-fixing gangs linked to the globalized sports gambling market. In-class presentations will feature ex-spies, covert whistleblowers, and investigators. The final project will address how to best protect sports from these challenges and/or how to investigate them. 

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    United States Sports Corruption

    This course builds upon the knowledge of international sports corruption issues to the widespread criminality in U.S. sports. Students will examine the issues affecting the NFL, NBA, NCAA, MLB, and other major sports - from animal cruelty, organized crime, racism, match-fixing, and sexual abuse - as well as the effects of the sports gambling market on American sports.

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    International and National Sports Gambling Markets

    Sports gambling is the greatest money laundering vehicle for organized crime. Now that the U.S. has legalized betting, the mob will continue to dominate the industry. This course examines both legal and illegal sports gambling markets, the top international bookmaking sites, and the match-fixing world. Students will learn the skills of a bookmaker and gambling monitor to help gain future employment and develop investigative skills. In-class presentations with professional gamblers, odds-makers, ex-mobsters, and gambling investigators.

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