Program Requirements 

A minimum total of 120 credit hours is required for the BS in cybersecurity program. All courses with an AC or CS prefix require that prerequisite 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
General Education (34-35 credit hours)
Select courses to meet General Education requirements 112
General Education courses that will also meet Program Requirements
FYAP 102AFirst-Year Seminar: Introduction to Technology and Innovation 2, 33
PSY 111General Psychology 33
PHIL 125Introductory Logic3
PHIL 354Ethics and Computers 33
ECON 201Principles of Macroeconomics 33
MATH 123College Trigonometry 33
PHYS 213
& 213L		General College Physics I
and General Physics I Lab		5
College/Program Requirements
PSY 323Social Psychology 33
PSY 405Human Factors Psychology3
Mathematical/Natural Sciences
MATH 231Discrete Math3
STAT 370Elementary Statistics3
Major Courses
AC 121Cybersecurity Awareness3
AC 222Applied Computing Fundamentals3
AC 322Applied Programming and Scripting3
AC 346Introduction to Computer Networks3
or AC 321 Applied Networking
AC 324Applied Web Applications and Database Development3
AC 326Cyber Operations4
AC 352Competitive Ethical Hacking3
AC 363Human Threats to Cybersecurity3
AC 401Senior Project I3
AC 402Senior Project II3
AC 461Digital Forensics3
AC 462Cyber Physical Systems4
AC 463Cyber Risk Management3
AC 464Web Application Security3
ECE 194Introduction to Digital Design4
ECE 194LIntroduction to Digital Design Lab0
APEN 210Introduction to Facilities Management3
ECE 477GIntroduction to Hardware Security3
CS 497QIntroduction to the Linux Operating System1
Technical Electives
Select 18 credit hours. At least 9 out of the 18 credit hours must be from the College of Engineering. Up to 2 credit hours of co-op can be used as nondepartmental technical electives.18
ANTH 562
Introduction to GIS
BADM 162
Business Software: Excel
HLS 310
Emergency Management
HLS 320
Border Security
HLS 330
Legal Issues in National Security
HLS 401
Cyber Security
HLS 403
Physical Security
HLS 405
Intelligence Process
HLS 420
Terrorism
HLS 435
Cybercrime
HLS 470A-Z
Special Topics
HLS 470A
Immigration Policy and Politics
HLS 470B
The History of U.S. Homeland Security
HLS 470C
Jihadist Terrorism
HLS 470D
Insider Threat: Identification, Mitigation, Deterrence and Prevention
HLS 312
Risk Assessment
PSY 322
Cognitive Psychology
PSY 324
Psychology of Personality
CS 211
& 211L
Introduction to Programming
and Prob Slv/Prog Lab
CS 311
& 311L
Object-Oriented Programming
and Object-Oriented Programming Lab
CS 400
& 400L
Data Structures
and Data Structures Lab I
ENGR 302
Accessible Design
ENGR 501
The Engineer as Leader
Total Credit Hours120
1

See the requirements of the WSU General Education program.  MATH 131 is not accepted by the program. Required major courses may also count towards General Education requirements. Students will need to select additional electives to reach 120 credit hours required for graduation with assistance from an advisor.

2

All first-year college students must take FYAP 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 CS 497Q.

3

May count as a general education course.

Applied Learning 

Students in the BS in cybersecurity are required to complete an applied learning or research experience to graduate from the program. The requirement can be met by completing the final three courses in the project design experience consisting of   AC 401 and AC 402.