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Cybersecurity CY13, Associate of Applied Science


Program Description

The Cybersecurity degree program is a sequence of courses designed to provide students with an understanding of the concepts, principles, and techniques required in computer information processing. Graduates are to be competent in the general areas of humanities or fine arts, social or behavioral sciences, and natural sciences or mathematics, as well as in the technical areas of computer terminology and concepts, program design and development, and computer networking. Program graduates are qualified for employment as Cybersecurity Specialists or Information Security Analysts.

 

Admission Requirements

Minimum Required Age NA
High School Diploma or GED Required Yes
Placement Scores for Regular Admission (Next Gen Accuplacer) English Reading Math Algebra
249 236 N/A 245

Location(s)

Camden

  

 

General Education Core - 15 hrs from the following areas:

Area I - Language Arts/Communications (3 hrs)

ENGL 1101Composition and Rhetoric

3

Area II - Social/Behavioral Sciences (3 hrs)

ECON 1101Principles of Economics

3
ECON 2105Macroeconomics

3
ECON 2106Microeconomics

3
HIST 1112World History II

3
HIST 2111U.S. History I

3
HIST 2112U.S. History II

3
POLS 1101American Government

3
PSYC 1101Introductory Psychology

3
SOCI 1101Introduction to Sociology

3

Area III - Natural Sciences/Mathematics (3 hrs)

MATH 1100Quantitative Skills & Reasoning

3
MATH 1101Mathematical Modeling

3
MATH 1103Quantitative Skills & Reasoning

3
MATH 1111College Algebra

3

Area IV - Humanities/Fine Arts (3 hrs)

ARTS 1101Art Appreciation

3
ENGL 2110World Literature

3
ENGL 2130American Literature

3
HUMN 1101Introduction to Humanities

3
RELG 1101World Religion

3
THEA 1101Theater Appreciation

3

Specific General Education Core Electives (3 hrs)

One course from Area I, II, III, or IV

For a complete listing of General Education courses and electives select the following link: General Education Courses

Occupational Courses

COMP 1000Introduction to Computer Literacy

3
CIST 1001Computer Concepts

4
CIST 1122Hardware Installation & Maintenance

4
CIST 1601Information Security Fundamentals

3
CIST 1602Security Policies & Procedures

3
CIST 2601Implementing Operating System Security

4
CIST 2602Network Security

4
CIST 2611Implementing Inter/Intranet Firewalls

4
CIST 2612Computer Forensics

4
CIST 2613Ethical Hacking & Penetration

4
Elective - 4 hrs

Introductory-Level Networking Class - Choose one of the following:

CIST 1401Computer Networking Fundamentals

4
CIST 2451Introduction to Networks - CISCO

4

Total Credit Hours: 60