Cybersecurity
The Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity prepares students with the necessary skills and competencies for job titles such as cybersecurity forensic specialist, security analyst, security auditors, security consultants, IT manager, information technologies officer, security trainer, and IT systems designer. These skills include the investigation of various cybersecurity resources, tools, and methods to strategically analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate countermeasures for effective cybersecurity defense.
Program Learning Outcomes
Graduates of the cybersecurity program will be able to:
- Understand the network design, protocols, operations, and management of wired and wireless communications.
- Understand cybersecurity, security risks, data privacy, and the mitigation of data breaches.
- Develop strategies and plans for security architecture consisting of tools, procedures, and technologies to detect and prevent network intrusion and hacking, and to design effective cybersecurity countermeasures.
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate information technology effectively.
- Demonstrate an understanding of ethics and professionalism, as related to information technology and cybersecurity.
- Demonstrate the ability to evaluate ethical principles in business and apply them to organizational decision making.
- Recognize the need for, and ability to engage in, continuing professional developments in IT and the cybersecurity world.
Online Degree in Cybersecurity
The requirements for the online degree program are the same as the traditional Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity degree for transfer students, although it is recommended that students have earned an associate’s degree prior to enrolling in the program. Courses are offered online in an 8-week format with six terms each academic year.
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