Applying for CS – Cybersecurity Concentration

Towards the end of the Fall semester, CS students who have completed CMPS 380 Cybersecurity Fundamentals will be invited to apply for the CS Cybersecurity Concentration. The admission decisions are finalized once CMPS 380 final grades have been posted to Banner. To be eligible, students must have achieved a minimum grade of C in CMPS 380 and a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Candidates with a higher GPA will be given priority during the selection process.

Note that the main distinction between the CS Major and the CS Major with a Cybersecurity Concentration is the completion of the 12 credit-hour Cybersecurity Concentration Requirements in place of the 12 credit-hour CS Major Electives package. Additionally, it is important to be aware that all the courses within the Cybersecurity Concentration necessitate the completion of CMPS 380 as a prerequisite. Furthermore, the Senior Project must be Cybersecurity–related or include Cybersecurity–focused deliverables.

The 12 CH Cybersecurity Concentration requirements include 3 required courses:

• CMPS 381 Applied Cryptography
• CMPS 481 Enterprise Cybersecurity
• CMPS 485 Network Security

And 1 elective course from these courses:

• CMPS 482 Cyber-Physical Systems Security
• CMPS 483 Digital Forensics
• CMPS 489 Special Topics in Cybersecurity

CS Cybersecurity Concentration Study Plan