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Cybersecurity Management Certificate

The Cybersecurity Management Certificate is designed to provide students with the technical and management skills necessary to work in the Cybersecurity field. Students will use Cybersecurity skills as a consultant or as an employee helping an organization to develop and implement a Cybersecurity program or respond to security incidents. Students will explore a variety of knowledge areas of Cybersecurity Management and apply that knowledge in a project in the capstone course. The curriculum is based on the Core Knowledge Units developed by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Students will gain skills in programming; networking technology & protocols; databases & analytics; probability & statistics; policy, legal, ethics, and compliance; cybersecurity fundamentals & practices, and cybersecurity management & planning.

Post-secondary Certificate - Cybersecurity Management

College of Business

Degree Specific Credits: 18

Required Cumulative GPA: 3.0

Catalog Year: 2021-22

Notes:


Summary

Foundation Course: Network, Protocols, & Sys. Admin. Knowledge Pathway

3

Programming & Scripting Knowledge Pathway

3

Databases, Analytics, & Statistics Knowledge Pathway

3

Policy, Legal, Ethics, & Compliance Knowledge Pathway

3

Cybersecurity Management & Planning Knowledge Pathway

3

Capstone Course: Cybersecurity Fundamentals & Practices Knowledge Pathway

3

Total Hours

18


Foundation Course: Network, Protocols, & Sys. Admin. Knowledge Pathway

Code

Title

Hours

Complete one of the following courses:

BMIS 471

Fund of Network & Security Management

3

CSCI 466

Networks

CSCI 476

or CSCI 574

Computer Security

ITS 214

Network OS - Infrastructure

Total Hours

3

Minimum Required Grade: C-


Programming & Scripting Knowledge Pathway

Code

Title

Hours

Complete one of the following courses:

3

BMIS 365

Business App Development

BMIS 465

Introduction to Real-time Data Analytics

CSCI 150

Introduction to Computer Science

CSCI 151

Interdisciplinary Computer Science I

CSCI 152

Interdisciplinary Computer Science II

CSCI 258

Web Application Development

Total Hours

3

Minimum Required Grade: C-


Databases, Analytics, & Statistics Knowledge Pathway

Code

Title

Hours

Complete one of the following courses:

3

BMIS 326

Introduction to Data Analytics

BMIS 370

Managing Information and Data

CSCI 232

Intermediate Data Structures and Algorithms

CSCI 340

Database Design

CSCI 444

Data Visualization

Total Hours

3

Minimum Required Grade: C-


Policy, Legal, Ethics, & Compliance Knowledge Pathway

Code

Title

Hours

Complete one of the following courses:

3

ACTG 321

Acct Information Systems I

BGEN 220E

Business Ethics and Social Responsibility

BGEN 361

Principles of Business Law

CSCI 215E

Social & Ethical Issues in Computer Science

CSCI 315E

Computers, Ethics, and Society

Total Hours

3

Minimum Required Grade: C-


Cybersecurity Management & Planning Knowledge Pathway

Code

Title

Hours

Complete one of the following courses:

3

BMIS 476

Integrated Project Mgmt for IS

BMIS 478

E-Commerce: A Managerial Perspective

BMIS 479

Introduction to Consulting

BMIS 482

Big Data Project

CSCI 400

Digital Entrepreneurship

Total Hours

3

Minimum Required Grade: C-


Capstone Course: Cybersecurity Fundamentals & Practices Knowledge Pathway

Code

Title

Hours

Complete the following course:

BMIS 472

Advanced Network & Security Management

3

Total Hours

3

Minimum Required Grade: C-