Cybersecurity B.S.

To receive a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Cybersecurity, a student must complete a minimum of 120 semester hours.

120 MINIMUM HOURS

36 UPPER LEVEL HOURS

30 HOURS AT UMHB

Degree Requirements

Required Practical Experience

All students majoring in Cybersecurity are required to acquire three hundred hours of practical experience while enrolled at UMHB. This requirement must be fulfilled before a student is allowed to graduate. Practical experience may be acquired through full-time employment, part-time employment, paid or unpaid internships, apprenticeships, international experiences, or co-op experiences. The Department Chair must approve practical-experience hours before the beginning of the student’s senior year.  Students must obtain a letter from their employer/supervisor, internship site, etc. to verify their practical experience. Please see the Department Chair for additional information.

Academic Core – 45-53 hours

See Bachelor of Science Degree - Academic Core

Includes MATH 1430 as the Mathematics requirement and PSYC 1301 as the Social Science requirement.

 

B.S. Cybersecurity Major Required Courses – 57 hours

12 hours (6 upper level ) at UMHB

12 hours minimum upper level

CYBR 1306Introduction to Cybersecurity

3

CISC 1305Introduction to Computing

3

CYBR 2310Cybercrime and Governance

3

CYBR 2320Modern Cybersecurity

3

CISC 2315Discrete Structures of Computer & Engineering Sciences

3

CISC 2330Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming

3

CYBR 3330Cyber Forensics

3

CISC 3321Object Oriented Development

3

CISC 3323Algorithms & Data Structures

3

CISC 3325Telecommunications & Networks

3

CISC 3341Operating Systems

3

CISC 4324Network Security

3

or

CYBR 3320Network and System Security

3

CISC 4325Network Security II: Cryptography

3

CISC 4328Computer Security

3

CYBR 4395Ethical Hacking

3

CYBR 3180Cybersecurity Seminar

1

CYBR 3180Cybersecurity Seminar

1

CYBR 3180Cybersecurity Seminar

1

CYBR 3180Cybersecurity Seminar

1

CYBR 3180Cybersecurity Seminar

1

CYBR 3180Cybersecurity Seminar

1

MATH 2320Linear Algebra

3

WRIT 3344Scientific Writing

3