Cyber Defense & Information Assurance Certificate

The  Computer Science and Information Security major has been validated as a Cyber Defense and Information Assurance Program of Study by the Program Management Office of National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity.  The following courses, which are required in the Computer Science and Information Security undergraduate program, cover the 17 Knowledge Units required for the program and  lead to a Certificate in Cyber Defense and Information Assurance. 

• PHI 216  Ethics and Information Technology (syllabuspdf)
• CSCI 271 Introduction to Computer Science (syllabuspdf)
• CSCI 272 Object Oriented Programming (syllabuspdf)
• CSCI 373 Advanced Data Structure (syllabuspdf)
• CSCI 360 Cryptography and Cryptanalysis (syllabuspdf)
• CSCI 375  Operating Systems (syllabuspdf)
• CSCI 377 Algorithms (syllabuspdf)
• CSCI 379 Computer Networking (syllabuspdf)
• CSCI 400 Capstone Experience in Digital Forensics I (syllabuspdf)
• CSCI 411 Computer Security & Forensics (syllabupdfs)
• CSCI 412 Network Security & Forensics (syllabuspdf)

The following diagram shows the sequencing of certificate courses in the Computer Science and Information Security Major.    Courses in the same column may be taken concurrently.  Arrows indicate prerequisite dependencies.