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The BS in Network Engineering and Security focuses on the theory and practice of designing, deploying and managing both wired and wireless networks technologies, including broadband Internet access technologies, interconnection technologies, network convergence, and network security.

Program Requirements Quarter Hours
Liberal Studies Requirement 76
Major Requirements 84
Open Electives 32
Total hours required 192

Learning Outcomes

​Students will be able to:

  • Describe and demonstrate how data packets are addressed and forwarded through switches, routers, and firewalls.
  • Compare and contrast different wide-area network (WAN) technologies to support enterprise network requirements.
  • Compare and configure internal gateway routing protocols (RIP, OSPF, EIGRP) that dynamically determine data paths through networks with unreliable components.
  • Define and allocate IPv4 and IPv6 address subnets to satisfy network requirements.
  • Describe and contrast techniques for making use of multiple redundant paths in switched and routed networks.
  • Implement firewall technologies to enforce a given access policy and assess its efficiency.
  • Identify and analyze security threats in network implementations, propose remedies and prioritize action plans.

Liberal Studies Requirements

Honors program requirements can be found in the individual Colleges & Schools section of the University Catalog. Select the appropriate college or school, followed by Undergraduate Academics and scroll down.

Plan of Study Grid
First Year ProgramHours
Chicago Quarter
LSP 110
DISCOVER CHICAGO
or EXPLORE CHICAGO
4
Focal Point
LSP 112 FOCAL POINT SEMINAR 4
Writing
WRD 103 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC I 1 4
WRD 104 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC II 1 4
Quantitative Reasoning
Not Required
Sophomore Year
Race, Power, and Resistance
LSP 200 SEMINAR ON RACE, POWER, AND RESISTANCE 4
Junior Year
Experiential Learning
Required 4
Senior Year
Capstone
Required in major 1
1

Students must earn a C- or better.

Learning Domains

Arts and Literature (AL)

  • 3 Courses Required

Historical Inquiry (HI)

  • 2 Courses Required

Math and Computing (MC)

  • Not Required

Philosophical Inquiry (PI)

  • 2 Courses Required (See Note Below)

Religious Dimensions (RD)

  • 2 Courses Required (See Note Below)

Scientific Inquiry (SI)

  • 1 Lab Course Required​​​​​

Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Inquiry (SCBI)  

  • 3 Courses Required

Notes

Students must take one of the following ethics courses:

Course Title Quarter Hours
CSC 208ETHICS IN TECHNOLOGY (PI)4
IT 228ETHICS IN COMPUTER GAMES AND CINEMA (PI)4
PHL/MGT 248BUSINESS ETHICS (PI)4
REL/MGT 228BUSINESS, ETHICS AND SOCIETY (RD)4

Specified required courses within Liberal Studies may have grade minimums (e.g. C- or better). Please consult your advisor or your college and major requirements.​​

Courses offered in the student's primary major cannot be taken to fulfill LSP Domain requirements. If students double major, LSP Domain courses may double count for both LSP credit and the second major. Students who choose to take an experiential learning course offered by the major may count it either as a general elective or the Experiential Learning requirement.

In meeting learning domain requirements, no more than one course that is outside the student’s major and is cross-listed with a course within the student’s major, can be applied to count for LSP domain credit. This policy does not apply to those who are pursuing a double major or earning BFA or BM degrees.

Major Requirements

First Year

Course Title Quarter Hours
CSC 241INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE I4
or CSC 243 PYTHON FOR PROGRAMMERS
or IT 211 INTRODUCTION TO APPLIED PROGRAMMING
IT 130INTRODUCTORY COMPUTING FOR THE WEB4
IT 223DATA ANALYSIS4
IT 240INTRODUCTION TO DATABASES4
IT 263APPLIED NETWORKS AND SECURITY4

Second Year 

Course Title Quarter Hours
CMN 104PUBLIC SPEAKING4
or CMNS 212 EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN TEAMS AND SMALL GROUPS
CSEC 340FUNDAMENTALS OF INFORMATION ASSURANCE (FORMERLY CNS 340)4
NET 311COMPUTERS IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS4
NET 362PRINCIPLES OF DATA COMMUNICATIONS4
NET 363INTRODUCTION TO LOCAL AREA NETWORKS4
WRD 204TECHNICAL WRITING4

Third Year 

Course Title Quarter Hours
CSEC 378HOST BASED SECURITY (FORMERLY CNS 378)4
NET 364VOICE COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES4
NET 365NETWORK INTERCONNECTION TECHNOLOGIES4
NET 371WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS4
NET 372WAN SERVICES4
NET 377FUNDAMENTALS OF NETWORK SECURITY4

Fourth Year 

Course Title Quarter Hours
Fourth Year
NET 375NETWORK PROTOCOLS4
NET 376NETWORK PROJECT4
Eight (8) credit hours of Major Electives8

Major Electives

Major Electives can be chosen from any 300 level NET or CSEC courses.

Students must earn a grade of C- or higher in all major elective courses.

Open Electives

Open Elective credit hours are required to meet the minimum graduation requirements of 192 hours. Open Electives may be taken from any unit at DePaul.

Degree Requirements

Students in this degree must meet the following requirements:

  • Complete a minimum of 192 credit hours (generally 48 courses) 
  • Earn a grade of C- or higher in WRD 103WRD 104, and all Major and Minor courses 
  • Earn a grade of D or higher in all other Liberal Studies and Open Elective courses
  • Maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher

Program Combination Restrictions

Students pursuing the BS in Network Engineering and Security are forbidden from pursuing the Minor in Network Technologies.