Information Technology, BS, Cybersecurity Concentration

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First Year

Fall Semester

MATH 1630 - APPLIED CALCULUS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^{* G}
ENGL COMPOSITION GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
HUMANITIES HIST/PHIL GEN ED^G Credits / Units: 3
CMPS 1410 - INTRODUCTION TO CYBERSECURITY 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
CMPS 1610 - ALGORITHM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION I 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
FIRST YEAR SEMINAR ^G Credits / Units: 2

Total Credit Hours: 17

Spring Semester

CMPS 2400 - CYBERCRIME AND GOVERNANCE 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
CMPS 2800 - ALGORITHM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION II 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
MATH 2410 - ELEMENTARY STATISTICS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^{* G}
FINE ARTS GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
ENGL COMPOSITION GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Second Year

Fall Semester

CMPS 2940 - INTERNET PROGRAMMING 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
CMPS 3900 - DATA STRUCTURES 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
ANY ENGL from HUMANITIES LIT/LIT INTENSIVE GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
COMM 2110 - INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC SPEAKING 3 Credit Hour(s) ^G
NATURAL SCIENCES GEN ED^G,1 Credits / Units: 3
SCIENCE LAB ¹ Credits / Units: 1

Total Credit Hours: 16

Spring Semester

CMPS 2850 - SOFTWARE ENGINEERING 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
CMPS 3750 - COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
ENGL 3220 - INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL WRITING 3 Credit Hour(s)
NATURAL SCIENCES GEN ED ^G,1 Credits / Units: 3
SCIENCE LAB ¹ Credits / Units: 1
CMPS 2930 - INTRODUCTION TO ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††

Total Credit Hours: 16

Third Year

Fall Semester

CMPS 3150 - SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
SOCIAL SCIENCE GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
NATURAL SCIENCES GEN ED ^G,1 Credits / Units: 3
FREE ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3
FREE ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 1
SCIENCE LAB ¹ Credits / Units: 1

Total Credit Hours: 14

Spring Semester

CMPS 3830 - INFORMATION SYSTEMS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
CMPS 4310 - ESSENTIALS OF MODERN COMPUTING SYSTEMS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
CMPS 3290 - COMPUTER NETWORKING AND SECURITY 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
CMPS 4250 - SECURITY OPERATIONS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
CMPS 4150 - INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††

Total Credit Hours: 15

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

APPLY FOR PROGRAM COMPLETION

CMPS 3390 - DATABASE ADMINISTRATION 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
CMPS 4200 - HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
CMPS 4260 - THE FUTURE OF CYBERSECURITY 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
CMPS 4090 - ADVANCED COMPUTER NETWORKING 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
SOCIAL SCIENCE GEN ED^G Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Spring Semester

CMPS 4110 - CAPSTONE I 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
CMPS 4820 - IMPACTS OF COMPUTING SOLUTIONS AND CURRENT TRENDS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
CMPS 4080 - ETHICAL HACKING 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
FREE ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 12

Total Semester Hours Required: 120

^G General Education Requirement (GER). See the GER section of this catalog for the list of courses that fulfill this requirement if no specific course is listed. Honors equivalents are acceptable for all GER courses.
^*A grade of “C” or higher is required in these courses
^†† Students must earn a grade of “C” or higher in all major courses.
¹ Must complete a two-course science sequence with labs by taking BIOL 1510 /BIOL 1520 and BIOL 1530 /BIOL 1540 ; CHEM 1210 /CLAB 1230 and CHEM 1220 /CLAB 1240 ; PHYS 1910 /PLAB 1930 and PHYS 1920 /PLAB 1940 . If the sequence is taken in Chemistry or Physics, the additional three-hour course and lab must be BIOL 1510 /BIOL 1520 .

Honors Diploma in the Discipline

For information on earning Sophomore Honors Distinction, Senior Honors Distinction, or the Honors Diploma, please consult the Honors Program section of this catalog, the Director of the Honors Program, and/or your Department Head.