Cybersecurity and System Administration B.S.
Cybersecurity and System Administration Major
The B.S. Cybersecurity and System Administration major requires a minimum of 120 total hours to graduate. This total includes UNIFI/General Education requirements and the following specified major requirements, plus electives to complete the minimum of 120 hours.
| Required | ||
| Mathematics: | ||
| STAT 1772 | Introduction to Statistical Methods ^ | 3 |
| MATH 3530 | Combinatorics | 3 |
| Computer Science Core: | ||
| CS 1410 | Computer Organization | 3 |
| CS 1510 | Introduction to Computing | 4 |
| CS 1520 | Data Structures | 4 |
| CS 1800 | Discrete Structures | 3 |
| CS 2530 | Intermediate Computing | 3 |
| CS 3730/5730 | Project Management | 1 |
| Cybersecurity Major Courses: | ||
| CS 2470 | Networking | 3 |
| CS 3140/5140 | Database Systems | 3 |
| CS 3430/5430 | Operating Systems | 3 |
| CS 3530 | Design and Analysis of Algorithms | 3 |
| CS 3750/5750 | Software Verification and Validation | 3 |
| CS 4400/5400 | System Administration | 3 |
| CS 4410/5410 | System Security | 3 |
| CS 4800 | Undergraduate Research in Computer Science | 1 |
| Physics: | ||
| PHYSICS 1511 | General Physics I ^ | 4 |
| or PHYSICS 1701 | Physics I for Science and Engineering | |
| PHYSICS 3100 | Introduction to Quantum Computing | 3 |
| Ethics: | ||
| PHIL 1560 | Science, Technology, and Ethics (STE) | 3 |
| Total Hours | 56 | |
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Has prerequisite of satisfactory score on ALEKS exam or subsequent remediation.
Four-Year Plan
Cybersecurity and System Administration, B.S.
This is a sample plan of study with a suggested sequencing of classes for the major. University electives may be applied to earn additional academic majors, minors, or certificates. Students should regularly meet with their academic advisor to plan their specific semester schedule to include UNIFI/General Education program and/or university elective hours required.
| Freshman | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hour | |
| CS 1510 | Introduction to Computing | 4 |
| STAT 1772 | Introduction to Statistical Methods | 3 |
| UNIFI/General Education or University Electives | 9 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| CS 1520 | Data Structures | 4 |
| CS 1800 | Discrete Structures | 3 |
| PHIL 1560 | Science, Technology, and Ethics (STE) | 3 |
| UNIFI/General Education or University Electives | 6 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Sophomore | ||
| Fall | ||
| CS 1410 | Computer Organization | 3 |
| CS 2530 | Intermediate Computing | 3 |
| UNIFI/General Education or University Electives | 9 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| CS 3430/5430 | Operating Systems | 3 |
| PHYSICS 1511 | General Physics I | 4 |
| UNIFI/General Education or University Electives | 7 | |
| Hours | 14 | |
| Junior | ||
| Fall | ||
| CS 2470 | Networking | 3 |
| CS 3140/5140 | Database Systems | 3 |
| MATH 3530 | Combinatorics | 3 |
| UNIFI/General Education or University Electives | 6 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| CS 3730/5730 | Project Management | 1 |
| CS 4410/5410 | System Security | 3 |
| CS 4400/5400 | System Administration | 3 |
| UNIFI/General Education or University Electives | 9 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Senior | ||
| Fall | ||
| CS 3530 | Design and Analysis of Algorithms | 3 |
| PHYSICS 3100 | Introduction to Quantum Computing | 3 |
| UNIFI/General Education or University Electives | 9 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| CS 3750/5750 | Software Verification and Validation | 3 |
| CS 4800 | Undergraduate Research in Computer Science | 1 |
| UNIFI/General Education or University Electives | 9 | |
| Hours | 13 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
Learning Outcomes
Cybersecurity and System Administration, B.S.
- Goal 1: Students will be able to effectively communicate networking and computer system information to colleagues and the public.
- Outcome 1: Students will be able to prepare and produce written communications using standard computing style and format.
- Outcome 2: Students will be able to prepare and deliver an oral presentation on networking and computer system topics.
- Goal 2: Students will be able to apply networking and computer system knowledge to problems involving data and process.
- Outcome 3: Students will demonstrate proficient knowledge and application of networking and computer system content.
- Goal 3: Students will be able to think critically about networking and computer system problems.
- Outcome 4: Students will be able to specify a computing system’s interface and design its implementation.
- Outcome 5: Students will be conduct a research or development project in which they specify a networking or computer system problem, investigate possible solutions, and implement a working system.
- Goal 4: Students will demonstrate the skills needed to work on a team successfully.
- Outcome 6: Students will work on a team to analyze a networking or computer system problem and implement its solution.
Policies
Notes:
- Undergraduate students who have been admitted to the university provisionally because of non-satisfaction of the high school mathematics requirements may not enroll in any computer science credit course before this requirement has been met.
- All courses counting toward a major or minor in the Department of Computer Science must be passed with a grade of C- or better.
- Prerequisite courses in the Department of Computer Science must be passed with a grade of C before taking a subsequent course.
- All majors in the Department of Computer Science require a project course (marked with asterisk in the degree statements). The course used to meet this requirement is to be taken in the area of specialization, i.e., an area in which at least three courses are taken.
- All courses in a prerequisite chain to a course are considered regressive to it - students may not take them for credit after passing the later course. Additionally, CS 1120, CS 1130, CS 1160, CS 1170, CS ED 1310, and CS ED 1320 are regressive to CS 1520 and any course having it as prerequisite.
- A student with a major in the Department of Computer Science cannot also receive a Computer Science minor.
- A student with a major in the Department of Computer Science cannot also receive a Certificate in Computer Science.
- A student with a minor in the Department of Computer Science cannot also receive a Certificate in Computer Science.