Cyber Security Major

Complete all Institutional Graduation Requirements

Cyber Security requires a minimum of 68 credits to complete the major. A grade of “C-” or better is required for each course counting towards the major, but a cumulative GPA of at least 2.00 is required for completion of the major. S/U courses may not be elected for program requirements.

NOTE: Students may not declare the Computer Science minor in conjunction with the Cyber Security degree.

Required Core Courses: 8 credits

MATH 111Z - Precalculus I: Functions Credits: 4
WR 121Z - Composition I*GTW Credits: 4

Computer Science Required Courses: 28 credits

CS 161 - Foundations Of CS I Credits: 4
Online students complete CS 161A /CS 161B in lieu of CS 161
CS 162 - Foundations Of CS II Credits: 4
CS 221 - C/C++ Programming Credits: 4
CS 260 - Data Structures Credits: 4
CS 314 - Computer Architecture Credits: 4
CS 335 - Networking/Network Administration Credits: 4 ^{_{Course waived w/CCNA certificate}}
CS 361 - Software Engineering I Credits: 4

Cyber Security Required Courses: 32 credits

CS 372 - Operational Cyber Security Essentials Credits: 4
CS 373 - Found of Info Security Mngmnt Credits: 4
CS 386 - Access Control and Secure Configurations Credits: 4
CS 412 - Incident Response & Sys Forensics Credits: 4
CS 415 - Security Operations: Detection, Analysis, and Response Credits: 4
^{previous requirement was CS 413 - Reverse Engineering/Malware Analysis Credits: 4}
CS 431 - Application Security Credits: 4
CS 433 - Offensive Security Tactics & Techniques Credits: 4
CS 434 - Network Defense Credits: 4

Total credits required for major: 68

EPCC creation January 2020 - Program start Fall 2021

November 2024 EPCC CS 413 was replaced with CS 415

October 2022 EPCC CS 350 was replaced with CS 434

Four Year Plan

Cyber Security Typical Four Year Curriculum