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Cybersecurity and Forensics Major

Note: In addition to completing the following required courses, students must fulfill the General Education Requirements. Major requirements and/or General Education Requirements may be changed by official action of the faculty.

Under “Recommended Sequence” below, a number indicates the year during which it is recommended that the course be taken (i.e., 1-first year; 2-second year, etc.); a letter indicates that the course should be taken during a particular semester (i.e., F-Fall; S-Spring). This is a recommended sequence which will be individualized based on the course rotation schedule and in consultation with the faculty advisor.

Additional note: Once a student has completed a course in the department, the student cannot take any course that is in the pre-requisite/co-requisite sequence leading up to the course taken, without the permission of the Department Chair.

Required courses

Department Course Number Credits Course Title Recommended Sequence Year/Semester

COM

228

3

Business and Professional Speaking
or ENG 329, Business and Professional Writing

3

CRJ

109

3

Criminal Justice Administration

1F

CRJ

218

3

Criminal Investigation

2F

CRJ

219

3

Criminal Law

2S

CRJ

328

3

Criminal Procedure

3F

CRJ

335

3

Criminalistics

3

CSC

105

3

Introduction to Computers

1

CSC

106

1

Survey of Computer Science

1F

CSC

116

3

Computer Programming I

1

CSC

117

3

Computer Programming II

1

CSC

119

4

Computer Hardware and Architecture

1S or 2S

CSC 205 4 Ethical Hacking and Network Defense 2F or 3F

CSC

206

3

Computer Organization/Assembly Language

2

CSC

207

3

Data Structures

2

CSC

208

3

Database Management

2

CSC

217

1

Computer and Ethics in Society

2

CSC

226

3

Programming in C and C++

2 or 3

CSC

309

3

Operating Systems and Computer Architecture

3

CSC

319

4

Computer Networks

2S or 3S

CSC

325

3

Analysis of Algorithms

3 or 4

CSC

326

3

Programming for the Internet

3 or 4

CSC

365

3

Internship

3 or 4

CSC

409

3

Computer Security

4

CSC

415

4

Computer Forensics

3F or 4F

CSC

499

1

Senior Project

4

MAT

205

4

Functions and Trigonometry

2

MAT

215

3

Applied Statistics I

3

MAT

217

3

Applied Discrete Mathematics

2

MAT

___

3

Any other MAT course at the 200-level or higher

2

___

___

3

Any other CSC, MAT or CRJ course which have been approved by the student’s advisor and which has not been used as one of the above required courses.

 

There are 89 credits required for this major. Prerequisite courses may be necessary and the General Education Requirements must be completed.

Recommended Courses

Department Course Number Credits Course Title

CRJ

115

3

Law and the United State Legal System

CRJ

345

3

White Collar Crime

MAT

211

4

Calculus I

MAT

218

3

Applied Linear Algebra