Major in Cybersecurity
Program Contact:
Emre Yilmaz, PhD
yilmaze@uhd.edu
Program Faculty List:
1. Emre Yilmaz, PhD
2. Shengli Yuan, PhD
3. Dvijesh Shastri, PhD
4. Hong Lin, PhD
5. Cyril Harris, MSc
6. Kulwant Singh, MSc
Program Description
The Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity program is designed for students with a high school diploma, as well as transfer students from community colleges with various disciplines of study, including but not limited to, computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, data science, math, and management information systems. The degree program consists of 120 semester credit hours of coursework designed to meet the requirements of ACM Cybersecurity Curricula, as well as the accreditation requirements of the Associated Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). All students need to take the courses in the Texas Common Core Curriculum, as well as additional courses in Math and Statistics. Students will then take cybersecurity required courses and cybersecurity electives to make 120 hours in total. The cybersecurity program shares courses with the existing Computer Science program. Topics include computer security, network security, computer network architecture, operating systems, and cryptography.
Students must have a grade of C or beter in any course in computer science, mathematics or statistics that is applied towards the degree.
Program Outcomes
The BS in Cybersecurity has the following program learning objectives (LOs) which are adopted from ABET. Graduates of the program will have an ability to:
1. Analyze a complex computing problem and to 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.
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