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Course Requirements

Introductory Courses

Course Title Quarter Hours
NET 405NETWORK FUNDAMENTALS (FORMERLY TDC 405)4
NET 411INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER AND NETWORK SYSTEMS (FORMERLY TDC 411)4
NET 413INTRODUCTION TO LAN TECHNOLOGIES (FORMERLY TDC 413)4
CSEC 418INTRODUCTION TO HOST SECURITY (FORMERLY CNS 418)4

Foundation Courses

Course Title Quarter Hours
CSEC 440INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT (FORMERLY CNS 440)4
CSEC 450DIGITAL FORENSIC TECHNIQUES (FORMERLY CNS 450)4
CSEC 477GOVERNANCE POLICIES IN INFORMATION ASSURANCE (FORMERLY CNS 477)4
IS 444IT AUDITING4
NET 463COMPUTER NETWORKS AND DATA SYSTEMS (FORMERLY TDC 463)4

Advanced Courses 

A maximum of four (4) Advanced Courses can be taken before completing the Foundation Courses and fulfilling the GPA Requirement.

Course Title Quarter Hours
CSEC 533ENTERPRISE SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE CONTROLS AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE (FORMERLY CNS 533)4
IS 482LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY4
IS 505BUSINESS CONTINUITY/DISASTER RECOVERY THEORIES AND STRATEGIES4
NET 477NETWORK SECURITY (FORMERLY TDC 477)4
Select one of the following:4
Any CSEC 400 or 500 level not used in degree
IS 483INFORMATION SERVICES AND OPERATIONS4
NET 577NETWORK SECURITY II (FORMERLY TDC 577)4

Major Elective Courses

Student must complete four (4) Credit Hours from the following list:

Course Title Quarter Hours
DSC 423DATA ANALYSIS AND REGRESSION4
DSC 424ADVANCED DATA ANALYSIS4
DSC 433SCRIPTING FOR DATA ANALYSIS4
CSC 436WEB APPLICATIONS4
CSC 438FRAMEWORK FOR WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT4
CSC 439COMPUTER SECURITY4
CSC 440CRYPTOLOGY4
DSC 465DATA VISUALIZATION4
DSC 478PROGRAMMING MACHINE LEARNING APPLICATIONS4
CSC 536DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS II4
CSC 557FOUNDATIONS OF COMPUTER SECURITY4
CSE 426CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEM SECURITY4
ECT 582SECURE ELECTRONIC COMMERCE4
IS 444IT AUDITING4
DSC 441FUNDAMENTALS OF DATA SCIENCE4
IS 482LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY4
IS 505BUSINESS CONTINUITY/DISASTER RECOVERY THEORIES AND STRATEGIES4
IS 506BUSINESS CONTINUITY/DISASTER RECOVERY MANAGEMENT AND TACTICS4
SE 433SOFTWARE TESTING AND QUALITY ASSURANCE4
SE 441CONTINUOUS DELIVERY AND DevOps4
SE 452OBJECT-ORIENTED ENTERPRISE COMPUTING4
SE 482REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING4
SE 525SOFTWARE SECURITY ARCHITECTURE4
SE 526SOFTWARE SECURITY ASSESSMENT4
NET 460FOUNDATIONS OF NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES (FORMERLY TDC 460)4
NET 511TELECOMMUNICATIONS PRACTICUM (FORMERLY TDC 511)4
NET 560ADVANCED NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES AND DESIGN (FORMERLY TDC 560)4
NET 562COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORK DESIGN & ANALYSIS (FORMERLY TDC 562)4
NET 563PROTOCOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DATA NETWORKS (FORMERLY TDC 563)4
NET 567TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT (FORMERLY TDC 567)4
NET 568NETWORK MANAGEMENT (FORMERLY TDC 568)4
NET 577NETWORK SECURITY II (FORMERLY TDC 577)4

Open Elective 

Students must complete four (4) Credit Hours of CDM open electives. Open Elective courses must be within the range of 421-699 and must be chosen among CSC, CSEC, NET, SE, IS, ECT, IT, PM, IPD, HIT, HCI, and GAM courses.

Capstone Requirement

Course Title Quarter Hours
CSEC 594COMPUTER INFORMATION AND NETWORK SECURITY CAPSTONE (FORMERLY CNS 594)4