2024-2025 Catalog

Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics Minor

Requirements

Required Courses

CIS 175Introduction to Networking

CIS 333Networking Security Fundamentals

SEC 340Computer Forensic Technology

SEC 420Perimeter Defense Techniques

SEC 435Network Penetration Testing

Total Credit Hours:22.5

All courses are 4.5 quarter credit hours.

The university recognizes that the IT industry uses IT certifications as a means of vetting potential IT professionals in the fields of computer networks, database management, network security, technical support and more. Therefore, a number of carefully chosen courses have embedded IT certification training along with academic rigor in order to prepare students for certification. Review the undergraduate-level CIS course descriptions in the course descriptions section of this catalog to determine which courses in this minor have certification training availability and the requirements associated with each course. Certifications are the best means of validating a student's skills and knowledge.