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Dec 12, 2024
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2024-2025 Catalog
Cybersecurity (ITCYO)
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Award: Associate in Applied Science Degree
This degree prepares students to engage in the issues and emerging information and management concepts related to cybersecurity. Students are provided with a strong technical foundation to analyze, identify, plan, and apply the knowledge and skills learned to defend a network.
Graduation Requirements
To earn this degree, a student must complete all required courses.
Total credit hours required: 94.5
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Major Requirements - 9.0 credits
Option Requirements - 63.0 credits
General Education Course Recommendations for this Program:
- Communication: ENGL 1220
- Quantitative/Numeracy: MATH 1240
- Critical Thinking/Creativity & Social/Cultural Awareness: PHIL 1100
- Professionalism/Life Skills and Information Literacy: HMRL 1010
Associate in Applied Sciences General Education Requirements - 22.5 credits
The following are General Education requirements for an Associate in Applied Sciences degree (AAS). Students may not use the same course to satisfy more than one degree requirement.
Critical Thinking/Creativity & Social/Cultural Awareness
1 Course 4.5 credit hrs.
Select 1 course from the list of Humanities or Social Sciences courses under the Critical Thinking/Creativity & Social/Cultural Awareness General Education Courses.
Scientific Inquiry
1 Course 4.5-6.0 credit hrs.
Select 1 course from either the list of Natural Sciences or Social Sciences General Education courses.
*Students choosing a Social Sciences course to satisfy the Scientific Inquiry requirement should take a Humanities course to satisfy the Critical Thinking/Creativity and Social/Cultural Awareness competency.
Recommended Curriculum Plan
Cybersecurity (ITCYO)
The following plan is designed to be the most direct path to degree completion and is based on a fall or spring quarter start. Students are expected to meet with their student success navigator or advisor to plan a customized course schedule that meets their specific needs. For more information or assistance with registering, please call 531-622-2400.
Additional Program Note: INFO 1200, 1201, and 2220 must be taken in sequence and cannot be taken concurrently.
Program Level Student Learning Outcomes
- Use communication skills to explain technical and complex cybersecurity topics to non-technical persons.
- Plan and implement a secure network using aggressive tools and mitigating factors.
- Document cybersecurity programs for policy, continuity, incidents, audits and reporting.
- Use aggressive tools and techniques to determine vulnerabilities in networks and systems.
- Demonstrate ethical conduct and integrity for the cybersecurity industry.
- Use investigative methods and techniques to determine the causes of an incident.
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