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Cyber Security Systems, Certificate

Program Overview

The Cyber Security Systems Certificate makes a student familiar with the systems at the core of most of the cyber security operations. All the courses from this undergraduate certificate program are fully transferable into the Bachelor of Science in Cyber Security. The undergraduate certificates may not share hours amongst each other.

Admission requirements for this program beyond university admission requirements.

  • Students must be enrolled in an undergraduate bachelor's program to be admitted to the Cyber Security Systems certificate.
  • Students must have completed the following courses with a grade of "C" or better: MATH 2412, CSCI 1380, CYBI 1101, CYBI 2322, CYBI 2324, and CYBI 2326. Students who enter the program without completing MATH 2412 with a grade of "C" or better, CSCI 1380 with a grade of "C" or better, or the other courses required for admission to the certificate will have their transcripts assessed by the program coordinator to ensure leveling requirements are met.

Specific graduation requirements for this program beyond university bachelor’s degree requirements.

  • Students must complete all certificate courses.

Certificate Requirements - 16 hours

Required - 13 hours

CourseCourse Name
CYBI 3101Certification
CYBI 3331Software Engineering and Project Management
CYBI 3335Data Communications and Networking
CYBI 3343Intrusion Detection, Incident Response and Information Assurance
CYBI 3346Distributed and Cloud Computing Security

Electives - Choose 3 hours

Any Advanced Prescribed Elective from the BS in Cyber Security degree can be taken as an Advanced Prescribed Elective for this certificate.

CourseCourse Name
CYBI 4301Independent Certification
CYBI 4300Topics in Cyberspace and Informatics
CYBI 4316Cross Platform Cyber Programming
CYBI 4320Heterogenous Data Storage & Retrieval Systems
CYBI 4322Data Science in Cyberspace - Python
CYBI 4324Reverse Engineering
CYBI 4326Secure Software Development
CYBI 4328Hardware Oriented Cyber Security
CYBI 4330Malware Hacking
CYBI 4332Blockchain
CYBI 4334IoT Principles and Hacking
CYBI 4336Cyber Security Engineering with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
INFS 4330Data Mining and Machine Learning
INFS 4391Information Security
INFS 4397Health Computer Information Systems

Not every CYBI 4300 is eligible as an Advanced Prescribed Elective. Therefore, prior approval from the department must be secured before taking CYBI 4300.