Cybersecurity Engineering — Graduate Certificate, MS
Cybersecurity Engineering — MS
On-Campus or Online
This graduate program prepares students for understanding, analyzing, developing, investigating, protecting, and defending the cyber ecosystem of organizations. As such, it focuses on the engineering and technical aspects of cybersecurity. The degree is designed to appeal to traditional students as well as practitioners through the inclusion of capstone experience.
The Master of Science in Cybersecurity Engineering degree entails a minimum of 33 semester graduate credit hours. The following courses are required:
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Foundational Courses (3 credit hours) | ||
| COMP 7500 | Advanced Topics in Operating Systems | 3 |
| Required Cybersecurity-Specific Courses (18 credit hours) | ||
| COMP 6350 | Digital Forensics | 3 |
| COMP 6370 | Computer and Network Security | 3 |
| COMP 6530 | Secure Cloud Computing: Principles, Practice, and Applications | 3 |
| COMP 6830 | Cybersecurity Threats and Countermeasures | 3 |
| COMP 7370 | Advanced Computer and Network Security | 3 |
| COMP 7720 | Software Reverse Engineering | 3 |
| Elective Cybersecurity Courses (9 credit hours) | ||
| approved 6000/7000/8000-level coursework relevant to cybersecurity | 9 | |
| Capstone experience (3 credit hours) | ||
| COMP 7980 | Capstone Engineering Project | 3 |
| Total Hours | 33 | |
Students who have taken the 5000-level version of any 6000-level course cannot take the course in its 6000-level format. They must substitute another approved cybersecurity-relevant graduate course. All courses in the degree must be taken for a grade.
Cybersecurity Engineering — Graduate Certificate
On-Campus or Online
Students will take the following three (3) required courses. The focus of this coursework is to equip students with the advanced education required to analyze, develop, investigate, protect, and defend computer and information systems.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Graduate Certificate in Cybersecurity Engineering (On Campus or Distance) | ||
| COMP 6350 | Digital Forensics | 3 |
| COMP 6370 | Computer and Network Security | 3 |
| COMP 7370 | Advanced Computer and Network Security | 3 |
| Total Hours | 9 | |