2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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


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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


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)

or

  • 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.

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.

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