Cybersecurity, BS
Program Director: Brian Kellogg, M.S.
Department Chair: Chris Bopp, Ph.D.
Faculty
C. Bopp, Ph.D.
A. Foerst, Ph.D.
B. Kellogg, M.S.
The Cybersecurity major prepares students for careers in computer crime investigation, information assurance, and digital forensics. This program also prepares students for advanced study at the graduate level. Most graduates enter the workforce as computer professionals; one or two per year elect to pursue study at the graduate level.
Students in the cybersecurity program will learn the appropriate tools, techniques, policies, and technologies required to identify, analyze, mitigate, and communicate the risks to information systems. The major helps prepare students for careers in Cybersecurity, Networks, and Information Systems security. The courses provide a rich Cybersecurity experience which aligns with the knowledge units required by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security.
In addition, Cybersecurity overlaps well and has its foundation in Computer Science – allowing many students to minor or double major in these two related fields.
Cybersecurity Student Learning Outcomes
- Analyze a complex computing problem and apply the principles of computing and other relevant disciplines to identify solutions.
- Design, implement, and evaluate a computing-based solution to meet a given set of computing requirements in the context of the program's discipline.
- Communicate effectively in a variety of professional contexts.
- Recognize professional responsibilities and make informed judgments in computing practice based on legal and ethical principles.
- Function effectively as a member or leader of a team engaged in activities appropriate to the program's discipline.
- Apply security principles and practices to maintain operations in the presence of risks and threats.
- Learn how to hunt, contain, and evict threats within an enterprise.
The department maintains three computer labs to support the curriculum. The Software Development Laboratory supports the first three courses in the major sequence and several upper-division courses. The Network/Systems Administration lab supports a variety of introductory and advanced networking and server management courses. The Cybersecurity Lab offers workstations for conducting advanced security assessments. Finally, a virtual lab environment allows students on and off campus access to virtual servers, services, and many other cybersecurity tools to hone practical cybersecurity skills.
Together, the department faculty has published numerous articles and textbooks. With the addition of practicing professionals, the program faculty provides breadth and depth in the foundational - as well as emerging areas - of computing. Students often participate in research projects with faculty supervision, occasionally co-authoring papers with faculty members.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Cybersecurity 1 | 40 | |
| INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING IN PYTHON and INTRO TO PROGRAMMING IN PYTHON LAB | ||
| COMPUTER NETWORKS and COMPUTER NETWORKS LAB | ||
| SERVER MANAGEMENT and SERVER MANAGEMENT LAB | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SECURITY and INTRO TO INFORMATION SECURITY LAB | ||
| CYBERSECURITY ETHICS | ||
| INTRO TO NETWORK SECURITY and INTRO TO NETWORK SECURITY LAB | ||
| COMPUTER CRIME | ||
| INTRO TO PENETRATION TESTING and INTRO TO PENETRATION TEST LAB | ||
| INTERNSHIP IN CYBERSECURITY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL THINKING | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS | ||
| DISCRETE MATHEMATICS I | ||
| Cybersecurity Electives | 6-8 | |
| OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING and OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING LAB | ||
| DATABASE AND BIG DATA and DATABASE AND BIG DATA LAB | ||
| MACHINE LEARNING | ||
| OPERATING SYSTEMS | ||
| DIGITAL FORENSICS | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN CYBERSECURITY | ||
| SP.TOP:FORMAL LANG. THEORY | ||
| IND STUDY IN CYBERSECURITY | ||
| Additional Electives | ||
| Take one of the following: | 3 | |
| MOCK TRIAL | ||
| PHILOSOPHY OF LAW | ||
| LEGAL REASONING | ||
| TECHNOPHILOSOPHY | ||
| Take one of the following: | 3 | |
| BUSINESS LAW I | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY | ||
| INTERNET AND THE LAW | ||
| DISCRETE MATHEMATICS II | ||
| INTERNATIONAL SECURITY | ||
| PSYCHOLOGY OF TERRORISM | ||
| HATE CRIMES | ||
| General Education Requirements | 37 | |
| Foreign Language 2 | 3 | |
| General Electives (enough to reach 120 credits) | 28 | |
| Total Credits | 120-122 | |
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| MATH-107 | 3 | CS-130 & CSL-130 | 4 |
| CYB-101 & CYBL-101 | 4 | Foreign Language/General Elective | 3 |
| BONA-101 | 3 | CYB-202 | 3 |
| Program General Requirement/Foreign Language/General Elective | 3 | General Education Requirement | 3 |
| Program General Requirement/Foreign Language/General Elective | 3 | ||
| 13 | 16 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| CS-255 | 4 | CYB-355 | 3 |
| CYB elective | 3 | General Education Requirements | 3 |
| ENG-101 | 3 | ENG-102 | 3 |
| General Education Requirement | 3 | Program General Requirement/Foreign Language/General elective | 3 |
| Program General Requirement/Foreign Language/General elective | 3 | CS-254 & CSL-254 | 4 |
| 16 | 16 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| PHIL-111 | 3 | CYB-354 & CYBL-354 | 4 |
| CYB elective | 3 | MATH-208 | 3 |
| General Education Requirement | 3 | General Education Requirement | 3 |
| General Elective | 6 | General Electives | 6 |
| 15 | 16 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| CYB-413 | 4 | General Education Requirements | 4 |
| CYB-491 | 3 | General Electives | 4 |
| General Education Requirement | 3 | CYB-411 & CYBL-411 | 4 |
| General Electives | 6 | ||
| 16 | 12 | ||
| Total Credits 120 | |||