Nov 21, 2024  
2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog

Cybersecurity Minor


The Cybersecurity Minor provides broad insight into both cybersecurity and criminology. It is offered in collaboration with the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice.

 

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Total Minor Requirements: 18


(1) At most 6cr of a student’s major can be counted towards both the major and minor. Computer Science/Cybersecurity students are not eligible to take this minor; instead, they must take a Criminology minor.

(2) Students with COSC 110  (or equivalent such as IFMG 210  ) as part of their major must take 3 credits from the controlled elective list.

(3) Computer science majors cannot count COSC 216  for both their major and minor.

(4) Computer Science majors cannot count COSC 352  or IFMG 352 . Computer Science majors must take COSC 345 .

(5) Criminology majors must take 3 credits from the controlled elective list.

SLOs



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Outcome

How measured

Courses Used

Improve Category

1

Recognize professional responsibilities and make informed judgments in computing practice based on legal and ethical principles.

Assignments, Exams

CRIM 321 or 323, CRIM controlled electives

C

2

Apply security principles and practices to the computing environment, hardware, software, and human aspects of a system.

Assignments, Exams

COSC 216 and 345 or 352, COSC controlled electives

B

3

Analyze and evaluate systems with respect to maintaining operations in the presence of risks and threats.

Assignments, Exams

COSC 216 and 345 or 352, COSC controlled electives

C