Cybersecurity Option
Curriculum Requirements (120)
Italicized text denotes changes from base curriculum.
Required Computing Courses (38)
- CIS 015 Undergraduate Seminar (0)
- CIS 018 (0)
- CIS 115 Introduction to Computing Science (3)
- CIS 200 Programming Fundamentals (4)
- CIS 300 Data and Program Structures (3)
- CIS 301 Logical Foundations of Programming (3)
- CIS 308 C/C++ Programming Laboratory (1)
- CIS 400 Object Oriented Design and Implementation (3)
- CIS 450 Computer Architecture and Operations (3)
- CIS 501 Software Architecture and Design (3)
- CIS 505 Introduction to Programming Languages (3)
- CIS 560 Database System Concepts (3)
- CIS 575 Introduction to Algorithm Analysis (3)
- ECE 241 Introduction to Computer Engineering (3)
- CIS 599 Cybersecurity Project (3)
Technical Electives (3)
- Either CIS 520 Operating Systems I or CIS 625 Parallel Programming (3)
Additional Cybersecurity Courses (15)
- CIS 551 Fundamentals of Computer and Information Security (3)
- CIS 553 Fundamentals of Cryptography (3)
6 hours of additional coursework from
- CIS 525 Introduction to Computer Networks (3)
- CIS 655 Security and Reliability of Computing Systems (3)
- CIS 755 Systems Security (3)
Quantitative Courses (17)
- MATH 220 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (4)
- MATH 221 Analytic Geometry and Calculus II (4)
- MATH 510 Discrete Mathematics (3)
- STAT 510 Introductory Probability and Statistics I (3)
- Math/Science elective (3)
Other Required Courses (18)
- CIS 415 Ethics and Computing Technology (1)
- ENGL 100 Expository Writing I (3)
- ENGL 200 Expository Writing II (3)
- ENGL 516 Written Communication for the Sciences (3)
- COMM 105 Public Speaking IA (2)
- One of:
- COMM 322 Interpersonal Communication (3)
- COMM 323 Nonverbal Communication (3)
- COMM 326 Small Group Discussion Methods (3)
- MANGT 420 Management Concepts (3)
- THTRE 261 Fundamentals of Acting (3)
- THTRE 265 Fundamentals of Improvisation I, II (3)
- ECON 110 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
Humanities and Social Sciences (15 hours)
- SOCIO 211 Introduction to Sociology (3)
- SOCIO 550 Technocrime, Security, and Society (3)
- 9 hours taken from the list approved by the Carl R. Ice College of Engineering (https://www.engg.ksu.edu/docs/studentservices/hss.pdf).
Natural Sciences (14 hours)
- 14 hours from approved list (see http://www.cs.ksu.edu/undergraduate/cs/index.html)
