Jun 29, 2024

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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.

Degree Requirements

Institutional Degree Requirements

Program-Specific Degree Requirements: To be eligible for graduation, students majoring in Cybersecurity Management must complete a minimum of 120 credits of which 48 credits must be from non-business courses. Students must also maintain a 2.0 average or higher in the General Business Component courses, in the Cybersecurity Management Component courses, and in the Information Technology Management Component courses.

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 (QBA 260 )

American Citizenship course:

Satisfied by major (ECO 201 )

Global Citizenship course:

Satisfied by major (ECO 200 )

Disciplinary Perspectives Requirement

Constellation Requirement

The Constellation requirement is met when a student completes four courses from a minimum of three disciplines within the Constellation requirements. Students who transfer in 60 credits or more at the time of admission to the college will be waived from the Constellation requirement, except for Education majors. The waiver applies to the requirement for graduation but does not waive the credits to graduate; students need to meet the overall bachelor’s degree credit requirement.

Cybersecurity Management majors are required to complete the Building a Better World: Sustainability, Science and Technology Constellation, including G 261 (a High Impact Practice and Innovation course) and MAT 391 .

Required Courses

General Business Component Courses

ACC 220 Financial Accounting 3 credit hours
BUS 246 Business Communication 3 credit hours
BUS 260 Legal Environment of Business 3 credit hours
BUS 494 Integrated Business Experience 3 credit hours
ECO 200 Principles of Economics (Macro) 3 credit hours
ECO 201 Principles of Economics (Micro) 3 credit hours
FIN 300 Managerial Finance I 3 credit hours
IA 100 Introduction to Intelligence Analysis 3 credit hours
IFS 100 Information Technology (IT) Competency 0 credit hours
IFS 105 Personal Productivity Computing 3 credit hours
MAT 120 Applied Calculus 3 credit hours
MGT 150 Principles of Management 3 credit hours
MGT 220 Human Resource Management 3 credit hours
SCM 100 Modern Value Chain 3 credit hours

Cybersecurity Management Component Courses

BUA 275 Big Data and Visual Analytics 3 credit hours
CYB 100 Infowars 3 credit hours
CYB 300 Emerging Technology Trends 3 credit hours
CYB 325 Cyber-Insecurity Culture: The Weakest Link 3 credit hours
CYB 375 Cyberthreat Evolution: Think Like a Hacker 3 credit hours
CYB 380 Special Topics in Cybersecurity 3 credit hours
CYB 430 Legal Foundations of Information Security and Privacy Law 3 credit hours
CYB 475 Cybersecurity 3 credit hours
CYB 490 Cyber Senior Seminar 3 credit hours

Information Technology Management Component Courses

IFS 125 Enterprise Data Management 3 credit hours
IFS 225 Application Development 3 credit hours
IFS 230 Internet Communications 3 credit hours
IFS 305 Management Information Systems 3 credit hours
IFS 320 Constructing Cloud Applications 3 credit hours
IFS 335 Cloud Infrastructure 3 credit hours
MGT 410 Project Management 3 credit hours

Suggested Course Sequence

Freshman Year (30 credits)

CYB 100 Infowars 3 credit hours
FCO 105 Rhetorical Communication 3 credit hours
FYS 100 First-Year Seminar 3 credit hours
FYS 102 Common Hour 0 credit hours
IA 100 Introduction to Intelligence Analysis 3 credit hours
IFS 100 Information Technology (IT) Competency 0 credit hours
IFS 105 Personal Productivity Computing 3 credit hours
IFS 125 Enterprise Data Management 3 credit hours
MAT 120 Applied Calculus 3 credit hours
MGT 150 Principles of Management 3 credit hours
SCM 100 Modern Value Chain 3 credit hours
Disciplinary Perspectives course - Humanities 3 credit hours

Sophomore Year (30 credits)

ACC 220 Financial Accounting 3 credit hours
BUS 246 Business Communication 3 credit hours
ECO 200 Principles of Economics (Macro) 3 credit hours
ECO 201 Principles of Economics (Micro) 3 credit hours
FCO 210 Communication in Professional Cultures 3 credit hours
G 261 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 3 credit hours
IFS 225 Application Development 3 credit hours
IFS 320 Constructing Cloud Applications 3 credit hours
Disciplinary Perspectives course - Social and Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
Disciplinary Perspectives course - Natural and Physical Sciences 3 credit hours

Junior Year (30 credits)

BUA 275 Big Data and Visual Analytics 3 credit hours
BUS 260 Legal Environment of Business 3 credit hours
CYB 300 Emerging Technology Trends 3 credit hours
CYB 375 Cyberthreat Evolution: Think Like a Hacker 3 credit hours
CYB 380 Special Topics in Cybersecurity 3 credit hours
IFS 230 Internet Communications 3 credit hours
IFS 335 Cloud Infrastructure 3 credit hours
MAT 391 Cryptology 3 credit hours
MGT 220 Human Resource Management 3 credit hours
Disciplinary Perspectives course - Arts 3 credit hours

Senior Year (30 credits)

BUS 494 Integrated Business Experience 3 credit hours
CYB 325 Cyber-Insecurity Culture: The Weakest Link 3 credit hours
CYB 430 Legal Foundations of Information Security and Privacy Law 3 credit hours
CYB 475 Cybersecurity 3 credit hours
CYB 490 Cyber Senior Seminar 3 credit hours
FIN 300 Managerial Finance I 3 credit hours
IFS 305 Management Information Systems 3 credit hours
MGT 410 Project Management 3 credit hours
Constellation course 3 credit hours
Constellation course 3 credit hours