Cybersecurity, Information Assurance, Associate of Applied Science

The Information Assurance curriculum provides instruction in information security, scripting, ethical hacking, vulnerability assessment, risk management, incident response, network defense, digital evidence acquisition, eDiscovery, digital forensic triage, chain of custody, and digital investigation. 

Plan of Study

Semester 1

ITNW 1325	Fundamentals of Networking Technologies	3
ITSY 1442	Information Technology Security	4
ITSY 2401	Firewalls and Network Security Design	4
ITSY 2441	Security Management Practices	4
	Total Credit Hours:	15

Semester 2

ITSY 2330	Intrusion Detection	3
ITSY 2442	Incident Response and Handling (Cybersecurity)	4
ITSY 2445	Network Defense and Counter Measures	4
ITSY 2459	Security Assessment and Auditing - Capstone	4
	Total Credit Hours:	15

Semester 3

ITDF 1400	Introduction to Digital Forensics	4
ITDF 2425	Digital Forensics Tools	4
ITDF 2420	Digital Forensics Collection	4
ITDF 2330	Digital Forensics Analysis	3
	Total Credit Hours:	15

Semester 4

ENGL 1301	Composition I CORE	3
MATH X3XX	Mathematics CORE	3
XXXX X3XX	Language, Philosophy, and Culture/Creative Arts CORE	3
XXXX X3XX	Social Science or Behavioral Science CORE	3
XXXX X3XX	Life and Physical Science CORE	3
	Total Credit Hours:	15

Total Credit Hours: 60