BS in Cybersecurity
Program Requirements
A minimum total of 120 credit hours is required for the BS in cybersecurity program. All courses with an AC, CS or APEN 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 |
|---|---|---|
| General Education (34-35 credit hours) | ||
| Select courses to meet General Education requirements 1 | 12 | |
| General Education courses that will also meet Program Requirements | ||
| FYAP 102A | First-Year Seminar: Introduction to Technology and Innovation 2, 3 | 3 |
| PSY 111 | General Psychology 3 | 3 |
| PHIL 125 | Introductory Logic | 3 |
| PHIL 354 | Ethics and Computers 3 | 3 |
| ECON 201 | Principles of Macroeconomics 3 | 3 |
| MATH 123 | College Trigonometry 3 | 3 |
| PHYS 213 & 213L | General College Physics I and General Physics I Lab | 5 |
| College/Program Requirements | ||
| PSY 323 | Social Psychology 3 | 3 |
| PSY 405 | Human Factors Psychology | 3 |
| Mathematical/Natural Sciences | ||
| MATH 231 | Discrete Math | 3 |
| STAT 370 | Elementary Statistics | 3 |
| 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 352 | Competitive Ethical Hacking | 3 |
| 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 23 credit hours. At least 9 out of the 23 credit hours must be from the College of Engineering. Up to 2 credit hours of co-op can be used as nondepartmental technical electives. | 23 | |
| Visual Technologies | ||
| Introduction to Multimedia | ||
| Communication Analysis and Criticism | ||
| Introduction to GIS | ||
| Business Software: Excel | ||
| Emergency Management | ||
| Border Security | ||
| Legal Issues in Homeland Security | ||
| Cyber Security | ||
| Physical Security | ||
| Intelligence Process | ||
| Terrorism | ||
| Cybercrime | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Immigration Policy and Politics | ||
| The History of U.S. Homeland Security | ||
| Jihadist Terrorism | ||
| Insider Threat: Identification, Mitigation, Deterrence and Prevention | ||
| Risk Assessment | ||
| Cognitive Psychology | ||
| Psychology of Personality | ||
| Introduction to Programming and Prob Slv/Prog Lab | ||
| Object-Oriented Programming and Object-Oriented Programming Lab | ||
| Data Structures and Data Structures Lab I | ||
| Special Topics in Computer Science | ||
| Introduction to Digital Design and Introduction to Digital Design Lab | ||
| Accessible Design | ||
| The Engineer as Leader | ||
| The Engineer as Leader Honors | ||
| Introduction to Game Design | ||
| Game Technology and Coding I | ||
| Game Technology and Coding II | ||
| Principles of Management | ||
| Database Management Systems | ||
| Systems Analysis and Design | ||
| Fundamentals of Cloud Computing | ||
| Management of the IS Function | ||
| Introduction to Web Design and Analytics | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 120 | |
- 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 AC 201.
- 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 301, AC 401 and AC 402.