Cybersecurity Graduate Certificate
The Cybersecurity Graduate Certificate is designed to prepare students for computing industry careers that require broad and deep advanced knowledge of cybersecurity principles and practices. The program requires 21 total credits of graduate classes. There are two core classes for a total of 6 credits. In addition, five elective classes must be taken for the needed additional 15 credits. For the admissions procedures, visit the CS Graduate Handbook:
https://web.cs.pdx.edu/graduate-handbook.
Required Core Courses (6 credits)
| CS 591 | Introduction to Computer Security | 3 |
| CS 595 | Web and Cloud Security | 3 |
Plus five courses from the approved elective list* (15 credits):
| CS 530 | Internet, Web, & Cloud Systems | 3 |
| CS 575 | Generative Security Application Engineering | 3 |
| CS 576 | Computer Security Research Seminar | 3 |
| CS 585 | Cryptography | 3 |
| CS 589 | Introduction to Privacy-aware Computing | 3 |
| CS 592 | Malware Reverse Engineering | 3 |
| CS 593 | Digital Forensics | 3 |
| CS 594 | Internetworking Protocols | 3 |
| CS 596 | Network Security | 3 |
*Or any
CS 510 course in Security.
Total Credit Hours: 21