Cybersecurity Minor

The Cybersecurity minor provides students with foundational and applied knowledge in cybersecurity principles, technologies, and practices that are increasingly essential across modern industries and professions. The minor is designed to complement a wide range of academic majors by developing students’ understanding of cyber threats, secure computing practices, risk management, ethical and legal issues in technology, and emerging trends in cybersecurity.

Required

Elective Courses (6 credits)

CIT 2300	NETWORKING	3
CYB 3600/CIT 3600	TRACKING TRENDS IN TECHNOLOGY	3
CYB 3620/MTH 3620	CRYPTOGRAPHY	3
CYB 3680/CIT 3680/CSC 3680	INTRODUCTION TO MACHINE LEARNING	3
CYB 4540/CIT 4540	OPERATING SYSTEMS AND SECURITY	3
CYB 4620	CYBER THREATS AND DEFENSE	3
CYB 4670	DIGITAL FORENSICS	3
CYB 4700	ETHICAL HACKING	3
CYB 4550	ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR CYBERSECURITY OPERATIONS	3

Required Courses (12 credits)

CYB 1200	FOUNDATIONS OF CYBERSECURITY	3
CIT 2550/CSC 2550	INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING	3
CIT 3350/CYB 3350	PROFESSIONAL & LEGAL COMPUTING	3
CYB 3670	CYBERSECURITY RISK ANALYSIS & MANAGEMENT	3