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Cybersecurity (BS)

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Program Information

Program Description

The Cybersecurity Program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills of computer security, including theory, tools, and best practices. It seeks to prepare the student for careers in many areas of cybersecurity work including cyber analytics, penetration testing, network security, digital forensics, and cybersecurity operations and management careers.

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Mission Statement

The Computer Science Department of Dallas Baptist University is committed to providing a high-quality education that stresses excellence in work performance, scholarship, ethical application of knowledge, and logical and practical skills for dealing with a society that is dependent upon constantly changing computer-related technology. This will be accomplished within a Christian environment that provides a spiritual foundation.

Goals of the Cybersecurity Major

The Cybersecurity program seeks to:

  1. Identify and apply theories and processes related to information security, assurance, and cybersecurity.

  2. Apply security and cyber defense principles to the planning, implementing, and monitoring of cybersecurity mechanisms to help ensure the protection of information technology assets.

  3. The ability of ethical decision-making and professional integrity.

  4. Identify and analyze organizational problems relating to information assurance, security, and its implications on value creation and defense.

A major in Cybersecurity requires a minimum of 32 credit hours in computer science plus 24 credit hours in Cybersecurity. More than the minimum requirements in computer science will be necessary for students wishing to pursue graduate work in a related field. All Cybersecurity majors are required to take MATH 1303 (or 1405), 3302, and PHYS 1401, 1402.

Expected Educational Results:

  • Employment for graduates in computer-related careers.

  • Graduates pursuing advanced degrees.

Completion requirement
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*MATH1301 is not approved for BS degrees

Choose one 3-hour course from the list below.*

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*A 4-hour science will fulfill this requirement, plus 1 hour toward your total required hours for the degree.

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Select 14-15 lower or upper-level credit hours.

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The following list of courses found in the above degree plan contain a field-based service-learning component.

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A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required, including 36 upper-level credit hours.

At least 12 credit hours in the major program must be completed at Dallas Baptist University, including nine upper-level course hours.

Minimum GPA Required for Graduation from Dallas Baptist University: DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0.

Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.

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