Dec 03, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

Cyber Security, B.S.Cy.S.


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Learning Outcomes

Students who complete the undergraduate program in cyber security will be able to:

  1. Analyze a complex computing problem and apply principles of computing and other relevant disciplines to identify solutions.
  2. Design, implement, and evaluate a computing-based solution to meet a given set of computing requirements in the context of the program’s discipline.
  3. Communicate effectively in a variety of professional contexts.
  4. Recognize professional responsibilities and make informed judgments in computing practice based on legal and ethical principles.
  5. Function effectively as a member or leader of a team engaged in activities appropriate to the program’s discipline.
  6. Apply security principles and practices to maintain operations in the presence of risks and threats.

Tulsa Curriculum and First Year Experience


General Curriculum (25 hours)


  • Block I, Aesthetic Inquiry and Creative Experience (6 hours)
  • Block II, Historical and Social Interpretation (12 hours)
  • Science Lab (1 hour)
  • Science Elective (3 hours)
  • Science Elective (3 hours)

Must be taken from Block III list (excluding those with a CYB prefix) or the following: BIOL 1603  or higher, CHEM 1013  or higher, GPHY 2503  or higher, GEOL 1014  or higher, PHYS 2053  or higher, ECE 2003  or any Engineering Science except ES 2513. An associated lab component, offered either as a separate 1-hour credit accompanying a 3-hour lecture or built into a 4-hour course, must be taken with at least one of these selections.

Mathematics (12-13 hours)


Take 12-13 hours of Math. If MATH 2014 or MATH 1243 is the starting level, 3 hours will be added to general electives to replace credit for MATH 1163 or MATH 1143.

Cyber Security Major Requirements (24 hours)


Pathway Courses (22 hours)


Students pursuing the Bachelor of Science in Cyber Security (B.S.Cy.S.) complete courses in one of two pathways:

Cyber Security Pathway


Computer Science Pathway


Cyber Security Electives


Any CYB course at 3000 level or higher. Additionally, the following courses may be used to satisfy Cyber Security Electives:

General Electives (29-30 hours)


Selected with approval of advisor.

Total: 120 hours


To become a candidate for a degree in cyber security, a student must complete all computer science courses in the curriculum with a grade-point average of at least 2.0, and earn a grade point average of 2.0 or higher overall.

CS 3363  may not be taken for cyber security elective credit.

 

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