Graduate Programs

Cybersecurity Graduate Certificate

The cybersecurity certificate program requires admission as a graduate student, similar to admission to the Master’s program, in the Computer Science department. The program requires 21 hours total of graduate classes. There are three core classes for a total of 6 hours. In addition four optional classes must be taken for the needed additional 15 credit hours. In summary, seven graduate classes must be taken, two are core, and fives classes are electives.

Required Core Courses

CS 591Introduction to Computer Security

3

CS 595Web and Cloud Security

3

Total Credit Hours: 6

Five of the following courses*:

CS 554Software Engineering

3

CS 555Software Specification and Verification

3

CS 556Software Implementation and Testing

3

CS 576Computer Security Research Seminar

3

CS 585Cryptography

3

CS 592Malware Reverse Engineering

3

CS 593Digital Forensics

3

CS 594Internetworking Protocols

3

CS 596Network Security

3

*Or any CS 510 course in Security.

Total Credit Hours: 15

Total Credit Hours: 21