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Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Associate Degree (Major Code: IS23)

Credential: Associate of Applied Science
Campus Location: Athens

This program will be offered beginning Spring 2025

Curriculum Requirements

General Education

Area I: Language Arts and Communications

ENGL 1101Composition and Rhetoric

3
Total Credit Hours:3

Area II: Social and Behavioral Sciences

Students must choose one of the following courses:
ECON 2105Macroeconomics

3
ECON 2106Microeconomics

3
HIST 1111World History I to 1500

3
HIST 1112World History II Since 1500

3
HIST 2111U.S. History I to 1877

3
HIST 2112U.S. History II Since 1865

3
POLS 1101American Government

3
PSYC 1101Introductory Psychology

3
SOCI 1101Introduction to Sociology

3
Total Credit Hours:3

Area III: Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Students must choose one of the following courses:
MATH 1101Mathematical Modeling

3
MATH 1103Quantitative Skills and Reasoning

3
MATH 1111College Algebra

3
Total Credit Hours:3

Humanities and Fine Arts

Students must choose one of the following courses:
ARTS 1101Art Appreciation

3
ENGL 2110World Literature

3
ENGL 2130American Literature

3
ENGL 2310English Literature from the Beginnings to 1700

3
HUMN 1101Introduction to Humanities

3
MUSC 1101Music Appreciation

3
MUSC 2040History of Popular Music

3
THEA 1101Theater Appreciation

3
Total Credit Hours:3

General Education Electives

Students must choose a course from Area II, Area III, Area IV, or from the following list:
BIOL 1111Biology I

3
AND
BIOL 1111LBiology I Lab

1
BIOL 1112Biology II

3
AND
BIOL 1112LBiology II Lab

1
CHEM 1151Survey of Inorganic Chemistry

3
AND
CHEM 1151LSurvey of Inorganic Chemistry Lab

1
CHEM 1211Chemistry I

3
AND
CHEM 1211LChemistry I Lab

1
CHEM 1212Chemistry II

3
AND
CHEM 1212LChemistry II Lab

1
COMM 1500Introduction to Interpersonal Communication

3
ENGL 1102Literature and Composition

3
MATH 1112College Trigonometry

3
MATH 1113Precalculus

3
MATH 1127Introduction to Statistics

3
PHYS 1110Conceptual Physics

3
AND
PHYS 1110LConceptual Physics Lab

1
PSYC 2250Abnormal Psychology

3
SPCH 1101Public Speaking

3
Total Credit Hours:3-4

College Requirement

FSSE 1000First Semester Seminar

3
Total Credit Hours:3

Cybersecurity Major

CIST 1001Computer Concepts

4
CIST 1122Hardware Installation and Maintenance

4
CIST 1401Computer Networking Fundamentals

4
CIST 1601Information Security Fundamentals

3
CIST 1602Security Policies and Procedures

3
CIST 2601Implementing Operating Systems Security

4
CIST 2602Network Security

4
CIST 2611Network Defense/Countermeasure

4
CIST 2612Computer Forensics

4
CIST 2613Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing

4
COMP 1000Introduction to Computers

3
Total Credit Hours:41

CIST Electives

 
CIST 1220Structured Query Language (SQL)

4
Total Credit Hours:4

CIST Networking Electives

Students must choose three networking elective courses for a total of 12 credit hours.
CIST 2411Microsoft Client

4
CIST 2412Microsoft Server Installation and Maintenance

4
CIST 2431UNIX/Linux Introduction

4
Total Credit Hours:12

Total Credit Hours: 75-76