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Cybersecurity Associate of Applied Science Degree CY13

The Cybersecurity degree program is a sequence of courses designed to provide students with an understanding of the concepts, principles, and techniques required in computer information processing. Graduates are to be competent in the general areas of humanities or fine arts, social or behavioral sciences, and natural sciences or mathematics, as well as in the technical areas of computer terminology and concepts, program design and development, and computer networking. Program graduates are qualified for employment as Cybersecurity Specialists or Information Security Analysts.

Minimum Test Scores:

Next Gen. ACCUPLACER

Reading: 236
Writing: 249
QRAS:
(Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra & Statistics)		 245

Curriculum

General Education Core (Required Minimum: 15 Semester Credit Hours)

Area I - Language Arts/Communication

ENGL 1101Composition and Rhetoric

3

Area II - Social/Behavioral Sciences - Select one

ECON 1101Principles of Economics

3
ECON 2105Macroeconomics

3
ECON 2106Microeconomics

3
HIST 1111World History I

3
HIST 1112World History II

3
HIST 2111U.S. History I

3
HIST 2112U.S. History II

3
POLS 1101American Government

3
PSYC 1101Introductory Psychology

3
SOCI 1101Introduction to Sociology

3

Area III - Natural Sciences/Mathematics - Select one

MATH 1101Mathematical Modeling

3
MATH 1103Quantitative Skills/Reasoning

3
MATH 1111College Algebra

3
 

Area IV - Humanities/Fine Arts - Select one

ARTS 1101Art Appreciation

3
ENGL 2110World Literature

3
ENGL 2130American Literature

3
HUMN 1101Introduction to Humanities

3
MUSC 1101Music Appreciation

3
THEA 1101Theater Appreciation

3

Program - Specific Requirements General Core Elective (3 Credit Hours)

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General Core Elective

3

Occupational Courses (Required Minimum: 45 Semester Credit Hours)

COMP 1000Introduction to Computer Literacy

3
CIST 1001Computer Concepts

4
CIST 1122Hardware Install/Maintenance

4
CIST 1601Information Security Fundamentals

3
CIST 1602Security Policies and Procedures

3
CIST 2601Implementing Operating Systems Security 4500

4
CIST 2602Network Security 4500

4
CIST 2611Network Defense and Countermeasures

4
CIST 2612Computer Forensics 4500

4
CIST 2613Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing

4
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Elective

4

Select one of the following

CIST 1401Computer Networking Fundamentals

4
CIST 2451Introduction to Networks- Cisco

4

Total Credit Hours: 60