• Concentrations and course offerings may vary by campus and/or by program modality.  Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for the course availability each term at your campus or within your program modality. 
  • Certain options within the program may be required at certain campuses or for certain program modalities.  Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for requirements at your campus or for your program modality. 

Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.

Align Bridge Coursework

A grade of B or higher is required in each course.

Fundamentals
CS 5001
and CS 5003
Intensive Foundations of Computer Science
and Recitation for CS 5001
4
Discrete Structures
CS 5002Discrete Structures4
Cybersecurity
CY 5001Cybersecurity: Technologies, Threats, and Defenses4
Additional Align Courses
CY 5003Foundations of Software Security4

Core Requirements

Foundations
CY 5010Cybersecurity Principles and Practices4
Technical Track
Complete 8 semester hours from the following:8
Applied Cryptography
Computer System Security
Network Security Practices
Software Vulnerabilities and Security
Software Security Practices
Network Security
Wireless and Mobile Systems Security
Contextual Track
Complete 8 semester hours from the following:8
Security Risk Management and Assessment
Information System Forensics
Cyberlaw: Privacy, Ethics, and Digital Rights
Decision Making for Critical Infrastructure
Special Topics in IT Security Governance, Risk, and Compliance
Capstone
CY 7900Capstone Project4

Electives

Complete 4 semester hours from the following:4
Criminology
The Criminal Justice Process
Evidence-Based Crime Policy
Database Management Systems
Foundations of Software Engineering
Computer Systems
Web Development
Fundamentals of Computer Networking
Wireless Network
Special Topics in Software Engineering
Complexity Theory
Cloud Security
Applied Cryptography
Computer System Security
Network Security Practices
Security Risk Management and Assessment
Information System Forensics
Cyberlaw: Privacy, Ethics, and Digital Rights
Software Vulnerabilities and Security
Special Topics in IT Security Governance, Risk, and Compliance
Network Security
Wireless and Mobile Systems Security
Special Topics in Security and Privacy
Security and Resilience Policy
Managing People in Public and Nonprofit Sectors

Concentration in Criminology

This optional concentration's required courses may count toward the contextual track, and its elective may count toward the major's elective area.

Required
CRIM 6200Criminology4
CRIM 6202The Criminal Justice Process4
Complete one of the following:4
Evidence-Based Crime Policy
Decision Making for Critical Infrastructure
CRIM elective 1

Program Credit/GPA Requirements

36–44 total semester hours required
Minimum 3.000 GPA required

1

CRIM elective to be approved by director/associate director of MSCY.