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 ENGT 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 | ||
| FYET 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 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 | ||
| Game Design Concepts | ||
| 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 | ||
| Web Design and Analytics | ||
| Other General Education Courses 3 | ||
| Additional Foundation Courses 4 | 9 | |
| Divisional Fine Arts Course | 3 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 120 | |
- 1
All first-year college students must take FYET 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.
- 3
See the requirements of the WSU General Education program.
- 4
MATH 111 or MATH 112. MATH 131 is not accepted by the program.
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.