Cybersecurity Requirements
Expected Outcomes
1. Graduates will demonstrate an understanding of fundamental digital computing theory and the associated mathematical foundations essential for establishing a strong foundation for a lifelong career in cybersecurity.
2. Graduates will demonstrate communication, problem solving, and analytical skills necessary for professional employment or graduate studies in cybersecurity or a related field.
3. Graduates will demonstrate an understanding of the fundamentals of computer architecture as well as the capabilities and the limitations of digital computers.
4. Graduates will demonstrate proficiency in modern programming languages.
5. Graduates will explain the ethical and professional considerations inherent in software and hardware design and application.
Degree Requirements (Semester Hours)
General Education Core
Note: The Core should include:
Required Business Courses (choose two) (6)
| BUS 320 | Management of Information Systems | 3 |
| BUS 330 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| BUS 434 | Organizational Behavior Management | 3 |
Required Criminal Justice Courses (9)
| CJ 101 | Introduction to Criminal Justice | 3 |
| CJ 305 | Criminal Investigations | 3 |
Criminal Justice Elective (Choose one) (3)
| HS 230 | Introduction to Homeland Security | 3 |
| HS 344 | Cyber Crime | 3 |
| CJ 380 | Forensics and Crime Scene Investigations | 3 |
Required Math Course (7)
Required Cybersecurity Courses (53)
| CS 200 | Discrete Structures | 3 |
| CS 220 | Data Structures | 3 |
| CS 230 | Design & Analysis of Algorithms | 3 |
| CS 240 | Introduction to Project Management | 3 |
| CS 310 | System Architecture & Assembly Lang Programming | 3 |
| CS 315 | Operating Systems Analysis & Administration | 3 |
| CS 330 | Networks & Distributed Data Processing | 3 |
| CS 340 | Systems Analysis and Design | 3 |
| CS 350 | Ethics & Professionalism in Computer Programming | 3 |
| CS 360 | Security of Information Systems | 3 |
| CS 410 | Server Administration | 3 |
| CS 411 | Server Administration Lab | 1 |
| CS 435 | Software Engineering | 3 |
| CS 450 | Database Development & Administration | 3 |
| CS 451 | Database Development & Administration Lab | 1 |
| CS 460 | Software Reverse Engineering | 3 |
| CS 475 | Digital Forensics | 3 |
Cybersecurity Capstone (Choose one) (3)
Cybersecurity Elective (Choose one) (3)
For the Bachelor of Science Degree: Computer Literacy (3)
| CS 110 | Introduction to Programming Logic & Design | 3 |
Note: A minimum of forty-two hours (42) must be numbered 300 or above