Cybersecurity B.S. Requirements
The B.S in Cybersecurity for all students matriculating this fall adds four concentrations: Cyber Defense; Cyber Risk Management and Policy; and a Self-Guided Concentration - at 57 credits each; the Cyber Operations concentration at 71 credits.
The first three programs have a common foundation of 39 credits (grouped as Foundations of Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity in Practice, Research, Experiential Learning); a 12 credit concentration for each; 6 credits of electives. The 71 credit Cyber Operations Concentration has the same 39 credit core, 6 credits of electives but includes an 18 credit concentration, and a 7 credit Mathematics requirement.
1. Foundations of Cybersecurity (12 credits):
- C YBR 101 Foundations of Cybersecurity Management and Policy (3)
- C YBR 102 Technical Foundations of Cybersecurity (3)
- C YBR 301 Exploring New Horizons in Cybersecurity (3)
- C YBR 306 Information Systems Security and Assurance (3)
2. Cybersecurity in Practice (18 credits):
- C YBR 108 Programming Essentials for Cybersecurity (3)
- C YBR 201 Web Technologies Essentials: Security and Design (3)
- C YBR 202 Database Fundamentals and Security Principles (3)
- C YBR 203 Introduction to Systems and Security (3)
- C YBR 204 Introduction to Computer Networks and Security (3)
- C YBR 499W Senior Seminar in Cybersecurity (3)
3. Research (6 credits):
- A MAT 108 Elementary Statistics (3)
- C YBR 200 Navigating Cybersecurity Research: Principles and Techniques (3)
4. Experiential Learning (3 credits):
- C YBR 395 Peer Educator Practicum (3 credits)
- C YBR 398 Field Experience in Cybersecurity (3 credits)
- C YBR 464 Internship for Cybersecurity (Fully Online Students) (3 credits)
- C YBR 465 Senior Capstone Project (3 credits)
- C YBR 466 Independent Research (3 credits)
- C YBR 467 Cybersecurity Community Support (3 credits)
- C YBR 468 Internship for Cybersecurity (3 credits)
5. Concentrations: pick one
Cyber Defense Concentration courses (12 credits):
- C YBR 340 Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (3)
- C YBR 403 Advanced Networking and Security (3)
- C YBR 451 Cyber Incident Response, Threat Hunting, and Digital Forensics (3)
- C YBR 455 Prevention and Protection Strategies and Technologies in Cybersecurity (3)
Cyber Risk Management and Policy Concentration courses (12 credits):
- C YBR 436 Information Security Compliance and Audit (3 credits)
- C YBR 449 Cybersecurity: Long Term Planning and Risk Management (3 credits)
- C YBR 453 Information Security and Privacy (3 credits)
- C YBR 469 Cyber Threats and Intelligence (3 credits)
Self-Guided Concentration courses (12 credits):
- Four courses to be determined in consultation with advisor
Cyber Operations Concentration courses (18 credits):
- C YBR 340 Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing (3)
- C YBR 351 Data Structures & Systems Programming (3)
- C YBR 352 Operating Systems (3)
- C YBR 443 Reverse Engineering and Malware Analysis (3)
- C YBR 444 Wireless Technologies & Security (3)
- C YBR 455 Prevention and Protection Strategies in Cybersecurity (3)
and:
Mathematics (7 credits):
- A MAT 112 Calculus I (4 credits)
- C YBR 350 Discrete Mathematics and Algorithms (3 credits)
6. Electives - 6 credits from the list below or as advised
- C INF 305 Digital Project Management (3)
- C YBR 296 Special Topics in Cybersecurity (3)
- C YBR 340 Vulnerability Analysis and Penetration Testing (3)
- C YBR 350 Discrete Mathematics and Algorithms (3 credits)
- C YBR 351 Data Structures & Systems Programming (3)
- C YBR 352 Operating Systems (3)
- C YBR 398 Field Experience in Cybersecurity (3)
- C YBR 403 Advanced Networking and Security (3)
- C YBR 420 Data Analytics and AI in Cybersecurity (3)
- C YBR 421 Generative AI for Cybersecurity (3)
- C YBR 422 Trustworthy AI (3)
- C YBR 436 Information Security Compliance and Audit (3)
- C YBR 440 Advanced Penetration Testing (3)
- C YBR 441 Secure Software Development & Analysis (3)
- C YBR 442 Web Application Security (3)
- C YBR 443 Reverse Engineering and Malware Analysis (3)
- C YBR 444 Wireless Technologies and Security (3)
- C YBR 445 Principles and Practices of Cybersecurity (3)
- C YBR 448 Economics of Cybersecurity (3)
- C YBR 449 Cybersecurity: Long Term Planning and Risk Mgmt (3)
- C YBR 450 Cybersecurity Policy, Law, and Institutions (3)
- C YBR 451 Cyber Incident Response, Threat Hunting, and Digital Forensics (3)
- C YBR 453 Information Security and Privacy (3)
- C YBR 454 Human Aspects of Cybersecurity (3)
- C YBR 455 Prevention and Protection Strategies in Cybersecurity (3)
- C YBR 456 Cyber Threats and Intelligence (3)
- C YBR 457 Policy, Strategy and War in the Cyber Domain (3)
- C YBR 464 Internship for Cybersecurity (Fully Online Students) (3)
- C YBR 466 Independent Research (3-6)
- C YBR 467 Cybersecurity Community Support (3)
- C YBR 468 Internship for Cybersecurity (3)
- C YBR 496 Advanced Special Topics in Cybersecurity (3)