Cybersecurity Program Requirements for 2024-2025

Cybersecurity majors are expected to demonstrate a serious attitude toward the University's liberal arts Core Requirements and to select their elective courses with care, since not all cybersecurity major courses are considered liberal arts. This may mean that majors could need additional credits in liberal arts beyond what is taken for the Fisher core, the major, and the chosen minor if applicable.

Students contemplating a major in cybersecurity should take MATH 150C in the first year.

B.S. in Cybersecurity

For students majoring in cybersecurity, courses from all required disciplines that may be applied to the major are included in the determination of the grade point average in the major.

Requirements

Basic Cybersecurity Component – 26 Credits

  • CYBR 101 Intro to Cybersecurity (3)
  • MATH 150 Elementary Discrete Math (3)
  • CYBR 150 Cybersecurity Fundamentals (3)
  • CSCI 161 Foundations of Computer Science (3)
  • CSCI 260 Introduction to Databases (3)
  • CYBR 110 Introduction to Networking (3)
  • CYBR 222 Networking Fundamentals (4)
  • CYBR 232 Intermediate Networking (4)

Advanced Cybersecurity Component – 22 credits

  • CYBR 301 – Cyberlaw, Policies, and Management (3)
  • CYBR 303 – Database Management and Security (3)
  • CYBR 305 – Cloud Security (3)
  • CYBR 342 – Cyber Operations (4)
  • CYBR 402 – Malware Analysis (3)
  • CYBR 403 – Digital Forensics (3)
  • CYBR 404 – Ethical Hacking (3)

Total: 48 credits

Note: Students who major in cybersecurity may not minor in computer science or in information technology. There is no minor in cybersecurity.

Note: The program requirements listed are for the current academic year. Past and future program requirements may differ.