Program Requirements
Cybersecurity majors are expected to demonstrate a serious attitude toward the University's liberal arts Core Requirements and to select their elective courses with care, since not all cybersecurity major courses are considered liberal arts. This may mean that majors could need additional credits in liberal arts beyond what is taken for the Fisher core, the major, and the chosen minor if applicable.
Students contemplating a major in cybersecurity should take MATH 150C in the first year.
B.S. in Cybersecurity
For students majoring in cybersecurity, courses from all required disciplines that may be applied to the major are included in the determination of the grade point average in the major.
Requirements
Basic Cybersecurity Component – 24 Credits
- CYBR 101 – Intro to Cybersecurity
- MATH 150C – Elementary Discrete Math
- STAT 160 – P4 Introduction to Data Science
- CSCI 161 – Foundations of Computer Science I
- CSCI 241 – Computer Architecture
- CSCI 260 - Introduction to Databases
- CSCI 300 – Networking
- CSCI 342 - Operating Systems
Advanced Cybersecurity Component – 18 credits
- CYBR 301 – Cyberlaw, Policies, and Management
- CYBR 302 – Scripting Languages
- CYBR 303 – Database Management and Security
- CYBR 304 – Network and Cloud Security
- CYBR 401 – Digital Forensics and Ethical Hacking
- CYBR 402 – Malware Analysis
Total: 42 credits
Note: Students who major in cybersecurity may not minor in computer science or in information technology. There is no minor in cybersecurity.