__University__ 2024-2025 Bulletin

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 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. In summary, seven total graduate classes must be taken; two are core and five 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