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Cybersecurity - Associate in Applied Science Degree
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Admission Type:
General College Admission
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This degree will provide an introduction to networking and firewall functionality, configuring a firewall and local area networks to include a functional DMZ and incident response, forensics and team training. The courses will use a cyber range/NOC to target hands-on mastery of the complexities of cyber-attacks and develop skills to classify the various types of network attacks among other types of cybersecurity operations, forensics and ethical hacking.
Specific Admission Requirements for Program
- Criminal Background Check must be satisfactorily completed before students can enroll in any cybersecurity courses.
- Cybersecurity will deny elgibility for enrolling in a cybersecurity course if an applicant/student does not successfully pass the criminal background check.
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Lou Ann Timmons - (843) 349-5367
Curriculum Sequence |
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| First Semester - Fall | Course Title | Semester Credit Hours |
| MAT 110 | College Algebra | 3 |
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| MAT 120 | Probability and Statistics | |
| CPT 168 | Programming Logic and Design | 3 |
| CPT 282 | Information Systems Security | 3 |
| IST 201 | CISCO Internetworking Concepts | 3 |
| IST 266 | Internet and Firewall Security | 3 |
| TOTAL | 15 | |
| Second Semester - Spring | ||
| IST 190 | Linux Essentials | 3 |
| IST 202 | CISCO Router Configuration | 3 |
| IST 215 | Health Information Networking | 3 |
| IST 268 | Computer Forensics | 3 |
| IST 293 | IT and Data Assurance I | 3 |
| TOTAL | 15 | |
| Third Semester - Summer | ||
| IST 192 | Linux Network Applications | 3 |
| IST 203 | Advanced CISCO Router Config | 3 |
| IST 294 | IT and Data Assuranee II | 3 |
| Third Semester - Summer, 1st Half | ||
| IST 269 | Digital Forensics | 3 |
| Third Semester - Summer, 2nd Half | ||
| CPT 208 | Special Topics in Computer Technology | 3 |
| TOTAL | 15 | |
| Fourth Semester - Fall | ||
| ENG 101 | English Composition I | 3 |
| SPC 205 | Public Speaking | 3 |
| IST 165 | Implementing & Administering Windows Directory Services | 3 |
| IST 204 | CISCO Troubleshooting | 3 |
| TOTAL | 12 | |
| Fifth Semester - Spring | ||
| IST 285 | Cybersecurity Capstone | 4 |
| Electives* | 3 | |
| PHI 110 | Ethics | 3 |
| PSY 201 | General Psychology | 3 |
| or | ||
| PSC 201** | American Government | |
| TOTAL | 13 | |
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TOTAL CREDIT HOURS |
70 |
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*Electives: Choose 1 from the following courses: |
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