Cybersecurity Center

Concentration in Cybersecurity

Students pursuing either a BA or a BS in Computer Science can add the Concentration in Cybersecurity, an interdisciplinary effort of the Departments of Computer Science (CSCI) and Business Analytics and Information Systems (BAIS). The program provides the fundamentals of cybersecurity at the hardware, systems, and compliance levels. This program requires 3 hours of statistics (MATH 156 or 256), BAIS 359 (Hardware, Software, Security) and 459 (Introduction to Cyber Security), and 12 hours of computer science, including 240 (System Security Fundamentals), 340 (Networking), 341 (Network Vulnerabilities, Penetration, and Defense) and a CSCI course designated as a Cybersecurity elective.

Students pursuing the BS can choose statistics as one of their required mathematics courses and CSCI 240 and 341 as CSCI electives. This means that the concentration will require only 1 additional CSCI cybersecurity elective and 2 BAIS courses beyond the courses already required for the BS.

Students pursuing the BA can choose CSCI 240, 241, and 340 as CSCI electives. This means that the concentration will require only statistics, 1 additional CSCI cybersecurity elective and 2 BAIS courses beyond the courses already required for the BA.

Students must maintain at least a 2.0 cumulative grade average in the courses taken for the concentration.