Four-Year Degree Plan for Major in Cybersecurity
Note that this is a sample four-year plan. There are other course sequences that will allow a student to graduate within four years as long as prerequisite courses are taken in the proper sequence. This sample plan does not guarantee course availability, and adjustments to students’ plans may be necessary if they are unable to take specific courses during specific semesters. Students who are placed into lower level FYW, MAT or other prerequisite courses will need to adjust their four-year plans accordingly. Similarly, students who bring in Advanced Placement, Dual Enrollment or transfer credit for courses will need to adjust their four-year plans. A minimum of a 2.0 GPA both overall and in the major is required for graduation. In addition to major requirements, all components of the Baccalaureate Experience must be completed in order to successfully graduate.
Degree Requirements
First Freshman Year Fall Semester
| BAC 101 | First-Year Seminar I | 1 |
| or | |
| HON 101 | Pathways to Honors 1 | 1 |
| FYW 101 | Writing and Inquiry | 4 |
| MAT 225 | Calculus for Business | 4 |
| BUS 101 | Introduction to Global Business | 4 |
| ECO 204 | Principles of Microeconomics | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 17 |
First Freshman Year Spring Semester
| BAC 102 | First-Year Seminar II | 1 |
| or | |
| HON 102 | Pathways to Honors 2 | 1 |
| SPE 208 | Speech for Business and the Professions | 4 |
| ACC 202 | Financial Accounting Information | 4 |
| ECO 205 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 4 |
| ITM 220 | Management Information Systems | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 17 |
Second Sophomore Year Fall Semester
| AWR 201 | Writing and Research | 4 |
| QMB 210 | Managerial Statistics | 4 |
| ITM 251 | Application Development | 4 |
| Social Science (Bacc. Exp) | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Second Sophomore Year Spring Semester
| ACC 203 | Managerial Accounting | 4 |
| ITM 280 | IT Infrastructure | 4 |
| Natural Science (Bacc. Exp.) | 3 |
| Humanities Fine Arts (Bacc Exp) | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Third Junior Year Fall Semester
| MGT 330 | Principles of Management | 4 |
| Social Science (Bacc. Exp) | 4 |
| ITM 350 | Information Security Principles | 4 |
| Natural Science (Bacc. Exp.) | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Third Junior Year Spring Semester
| MKT 300 | Principles of Marketing | 4 |
| BUS 221 | Business Law and Social Responsibility | 4 |
| ITM 380 | Network Security | 4 |
| Social Science (Bacc. Exp) | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Fourth Senior Year Fall Semester
| ITM 480 | Advanced Network Security | 4 |
| ITM 375 | Information Security Standards, Risk Management and Compliance | 4 |
| Humanities Fine Arts (Bacc Exp) | 4 |
| FIN 310 | Financial Management | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Fourth Senior Year Spring Semester
| ITM 415 | Physical and Operational Security | 4 |
| ITM 450 | Cybersecurity Capstone | 4 |
| General Elective | 4 |
| General Elective | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 13 |
Total Credit Hours: 125
• SPE 208 fulfills 4 credit hours of the Humanities/Fine Arts requirement.
• Natural Science course must be from different areas, one in biology and the other in chemical or physical science.
• Prerequisites are strictly enforced.
• Cybersecurity students without work experience in the information technology field are strongly encouraged to intern with local companies.