Computer Science with a Concentration in Cyber-Security, BA/MS (0701)

Overview

College Core	48 Credits
Major Prerequisites	13 Credits
Major Requirements	23 Credits
Concentration Requirements	12 Credits
Concentration Electives	6 Credits
Open Electives	18 Credits
Total Credits for BA Degree	120

Overview: Year 5

Graduate Computer Science Courses	15 Credits
Total Credits	135

Graduate Credits

Taken as an Undergraduate	18 Credits
Taken in Fifth Year	15 Credits
Total MS	33 Credits

College Core

CS 201 - Computer Science I Credits: 4
MTH 231 - Calculus 1 Credits: 4

Major Prerequisites

CS 202 - Computer Science II Credits: 4
MTH 270 - Applied Statistics Credits: 3
MTH 310 - Discrete Mathematics Credits: 3
MTH 408 - Automata and Formal Languages Credits: 3

Major Requirements

Undergraduate Courses

CS 231 - Programming in a UNIX Environment Credits: 4
CS 301 - Data Structures and Algorithms Credits: 3
CS 311 - Computer Architecture and Organization Credits: 4
CS 321 - Database Design & Implementation Credits: 3
CS 451 - Operating Systems Credits: 3
CS 481 - Software Project Development: Design Credits: 3 *
CS 482 - Software Project Development: Implementation Credits: 3 *
* Software Project in CS 481 - CS 482 must be a Cyber Security project.

Graduate Level Courses taken as Undergraduate

Cyber Security Concentration

CS 615 - Software Security (3 Credits)
CS 709 - Cryptography (3 Credits)
CS 777 - Computer Networks and Network Programming ( 3 Credits)
CS 779 - Network Security (3 Credits)

Electives: Select one pair of courses

CS 768 - Web Application Development (3 Credits)
CS 771 - Web Application Security (3 Credits)

CS 773 - Mobile Application Development (3 Credits)
CS 775 - Mobile Application Security (3 Credits)

Open Electives

We highly recommend taking the following CS courses amoung the Open Electives if possible.

CS 411 - Advanced Computer Architecture and Organization Credits: 3
CS 452 - Advanced Operating Systems Credits: 3

Fifth Year MS Requirements

CS 980* - Thesis Preparation Seminar (3 Credits)
CS 981* - Thesis (3 Credits)
3 Graduate Level CS Electives (9 Credits)

* Thesis must be a Cyber Security topic.

Index Requirements

CS 201, CS 202 and all other CS courses counted toward the major must be completed with a minimum grade of “C.” To continue in the major, students who do not meet this requirement must repeat the course before taking any other course for which this course is a prerequisite.