Program Catalog Information

 

Major Requirements: 

A minimum total of 120 credit hours is required for the BS in cybersecurity program. All courses with an AC, CS or ENGR prefix require that prerequisites courses have to be completed with a grade of C- or better. In addition to meeting the requirements of the WSU General Education Program and the requirements of the College of Engineering, students in the BS in cybersecurity program must take the following courses: 

 
Course Title Hours
  College/Program Requirements  
FYS 102A First-Year Seminar: Introduction to Technology and Innovation 1, 2 3
PSY 111 General Psychology 2 3
PSY 323 Social Psychology 2 3
PSY 405 Human Factors Psychology 3
PHIL 125 Introductory Logic

3
PHIL 354 Ethics and Computers 2 3
  Mathematical/Natural Sciences  
MATH 123 College Trigonometry 2 3
ECON 201 Principles of Macroeconomics 2 3

MATH 231

 Discrete Math

3
STAT 370 Elementary Statistics

3

PHYS 213

& 213L

General College Physics I

and General Physics I Lab

5
  Major Courses  
AC 121 Cybersecurity Awareness

3
AC 201 Introductory Design Project 1

1
AC 222 Applied Computing Fundamentals 3
AC 301 Junior Project 2
AC 321 Applied Networking 3
AC 322 Applied Programming and Scripting 3
AC 324 Applied Web Applications and Database Development 3
AC 326 Cyber Operations 4
AC 363 Human Threats to Cybersecurity 3
AC 401 Senior Project I 3
AC 402 Senior Project II 3
AC 461 Digital Forensics 3
AC 462 Cyber Physical Systems 4
AC 463 Cyber Risk Management 3
AC 464 Web Application Security 3
ENGR 220 Applied Analog and Digital Electronics 3

 

Technical Electives

Select 17 credit hours. At least 9 out of the 17 credit hours must be from the College of Engineering. Up to 2 credit hours of co-op can be used as nondepartmental technical electives. 

 
Course Title Hours
COMM 305 Visual Technologies 3
COMM 306 Introduction to Multimedia 3
COMM 455 Web Design and Analytics 3
COMM 535 Communication Analysis and Criticism 3
ANTH 562 Intro to GIS 3
BADM 162 Business Software: Excel 1
HLS 310 Emergency Management 3
HLS 312 Risk Assessment 3
HLS 320 Border Security 3
HLS 330 Legal Issues in Homeland Security 3
HLS 401 Cyber Security 3
HLS 403 Physical Security 3
HLS 405 Intelligence Process 3
HLS 420 Terrorism 3
HLS 435 Cybercrime 3
HLS 470A

Special Topics in Immigration Policy and Politics

 3
HLS 470B Special Topics in The History of U.S. Homeland Security 3
HLS 470C Special Topics in Terrorism 3
HLS 470D Special Topics in Insider Threat: Identification, Mitigation, Deterrence, and Prevention 3
PSY 322 Cognitive Psychology 3
PSY 324 Psychology of Personality 3

CS 211

& 211l

Introduction to Programming and

Introduction to Programming Lab

 3 TO 4

CS 311

& 311L

Object-Oriented Programming and

Object-Oriented Programming Lab

 4

CS 400

& 400L

Data Structures and

Data Structures Lab I

 4
CS 577 Special Topics in Computer Science 1 TO 4

ECE 194

& 194L

Introduction to Digital Design and

Introduction to Digital Design Lab

 4

CS/AC 382

Competitive Ethical Hacking

  
ENGR 302 Accessible Design 3
ENGR 501 The Engineer as Leader 3
ENGR 501H The Engineer as Leader Honors 3
MART 260

Game Design Concepts

 3
MART 360 Game Technology and Coding I 3
MART 361 Game Technology and Coding II 3
MGMT 360 Principles of Management 3
MIS 600 Database Management Systems 3
MIS 605 Systems Analysis and Design 3
MIS 612 Fundamentals of Cloud Computing 3
MIS 696 Management of the IS Function 3

 

Minor Requirements:

 
Course Title Hours
AC 121 Essentials of Cyber Security 3
AC 222 Networking I 3
AC 321 Networking II 3
AC 322 Programming and Scripting 3
AC 326 Cyber Operations 4
Notes:

1 All first-year college students must take FYS 102A within their first two semesters. Non-freshmen students transferring into the program, who have not taken the First Year Seminar course, will need to take ENGR 205 instead of AC 201.

2 May count as a general education course.