Cybersecurity Management, B.S.

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Cybersecurity Management is responsible for protecting an organization, its information systems and computer networks from various types of cyber-attacks. This high-demand career field offers great opportunities in government agencies and the private sector. By integrating technology, management, and behavioral sciences, students can rely on a well-rounded degree program to provide them with the experiences and ability to analyze not only cyber security and related issues but the behavioral, social, and political origins of cyber conflicts as well.

Requirements for Graduation:

To be eligible for graduation, students majoring in Cybersecurity Management must complete a minimum of 121 credits of which 48 credits must be from non-business courses, achieve a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher, and complete the General Education Requirements of the College. A minimum grade of 2.0 is required for First Year Seminar and all courses taken as part of Foundations. Courses used to complete the General Education Requirements may not be taken on a pass/fail basis.

The General Education Requirements of the college require students to successfully complete First Year Seminar, Foundations (FCO 103 will be a required co-requisite with FCO 105 for students who have a high school GPA below 3.20), Disciplinary Perspectives, and a Constellation. Students who enter the college with 30 credit hours completed will not take a First Year Seminar course and therefore must take an additional 3 credits for graduation. While transfer students that are awarded 60 or more credits upon acceptance to York College will not be required to complete a Constellation, students are required to complete certain constellation courses as part of the major requirement.

Students majoring in Cybersecurity Management must maintain a 2.0 or higher in the General Business Component courses and a 2.0 average in the Cybersecurity Management, Information Technology, and Concentration component courses. In addition, students must attain a 2.0 or higher in each course that serves as a prerequisite to a subsequent Business course. (Refer to the course description for specific prerequisites.) Failure to attain a 2.0 in prerequisite courses may lengthen the time to graduation. Students graduating with a declared major in Cybersecurity Management may not simultaneously declare a minor in Business Administration, Information Technology Management, or Information Dynamics & Decision Making, or a major in Intelligence Analysis.

General Education Requirement

First Year Seminar

FYS 100 First-Year Seminar 3 credit hours
FYS 102 Common Hour 0 credit hours

Foundations Requirements

Communication course:
FCO 105 Rhetorical Communication 3 credit hours
Advanced Communication course:
FCO 210 Communication in Professional Cultures 3 credit hours
Quantitative Fluency course:

Satisfied by major (MAT 171, QBA 260)
American Citizenship course:
PS 101 American Government and Citizenship 3 credit hours
Global Citizenship course:
PS 102 Contemporary Global Issues 3 credit hours

Disciplinary Perspectives Requirement

Choose 3 credits of the following Humanities courses:
FLM 216 Introduction to Film 3 credit hours
HIS 101 The Foundation of the West 3 credit hours
LIT 200 Introduction to Literary and Textual Studies 3 credit hours
PHL 221 Introduction to Philosophy 3 credit hours
REL 265 World Religions 3 credit hours
PHL 238 Race, Gender, and Sexuality 3 credit hours
OR
WGS 238 Race, Gender, and Sexuality 3 credit hours
Choose 3 credits of the following Arts courses:
ART 101 Art and Visual Culture 3 credit hours
CRW 272 Introduction to Creative Writing 3 credit hours
MUS 186 Listening to Music 3 credit hours
THE 154 Introduction to Theatre 3 credit hours
Social and Behavioral Sciences course:
ECO 205 Economic Perspectives 3 credit hours
Choose 3 credits of the following Natural and Physical Sciences courses:
BIO 204 Exploring Biology 3 credit hours
CHM 240 Perspectives on the Molecular World 3 credit hours
CHM 241 Perspectives on the Molecular World Lab 0 credit hours
G 151 Introduction to Physical Geography 3 credit hours
G 152 Introduction to Physical Geography Lab 0 credit hours
PHY 252 Sustainability From A Physics Perspective 3 credit hours

Constellation Requirement

The Constellation requirement is met when a student completes four courses from a minimum of three disciplines within the Constellation requirements. Transfer students who are awarded 60 or more credits upon acceptance to York College will not be required to complete the full Constellation but the Cybersecurity Management major requires all students to complete G261 and one other course as required by concentration track from the Building a Better World: Sustainability, Science and Technology Constellation.