Interdisciplinary Studies, BA - Cybersecurity | Interdisciplinary Studies

Interdisciplinary Studies, BA - Cybersecurity | Interdisciplinary Studies
Interdisciplinary Studies, BA
Cybersecurity
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Program Delivery
On Campus, Online, Hybrid
Total Credits
120 Credits
About the Program
Cybersecurity issues are relevant to almost any field or industry.  As such, employees who have a broad understanding of cybersecurity issues would be valuable to any organization.
An Interdisciplinary Studies degree is suited for:
Students who have a specific personal or professional interest that cannot be met within the traditional degree structure or
Students with disparate credit hours trying to find a way to complete their degree.
Focus of Study
The BA in Interdisciplinary Studies – emphasis on Cybersecurity is for UCCS College of Letters, Arts & Sciences (LAS) majors who would like to learn more about cybersecurity concerns and how they impact their chosen field.
This
degree plan
integrates a core set of cybersecurity courses from engineering, business, and criminal justice, with specified concentration areas.
Program Requirements
Requires a minimum of 39 credit hours of coursework and a minimum of 27 credit hours of upper-division (3000-4999 level) coursework.
Students must select their two clusters early in the program to ensure that all courses can be completed within three years.
Program Coursework
The Interdisciplinary Studies major requires a minimum of 39 credit hours of coursework and a minimum of 30 credit hours of upper-division (3000+ level) coursework.
*The GIS concentration area requires 5 additional hours of course work which will reduce general electives by the same amount.
Cybersecurity Major Requirements
Area
Course
Course Title
Credit Hours
Interdisciplinary Core
INFS 1100
Production Apps for the Workplace
CS 1910 OR CJ 2300
Cyber is for All OR Cyber Law & Policy
Cybersecurity Core
INFS 3500
Introduction to Cybersecurity Technologies
INST 3660
Interdisciplinary Internship (or equivalent)
INFS 3750
Organizational Cybersecurity
COMM 4230
Crisis Communication
INST 4660
Interdisciplinary Studies Capstone (or equivalent from concentration area)
LAS Concentration Area
Choose (1) of the following course areas:
Criminology and Justice Studies
Complete all of the following courses:
SOC 1110
SOC 3400
SOC 3410
Complete (3) courses from the following:
SOC 3360
SOC 4110
SOC 4190
SOC 4590
SOC 4960
18
Criminal Justice
Complete the following courses:
CJ 1001
CJ 2052
CJ 2300
CJ 3620
CJ 4340
CJ ? - TBD
18
Geographic Information Science (GIS)*
Complete all of the following courses:
GES 3030
GES 3060
GES 4080
Complete (3) courses from the following:
GES 3050
GES 4040
GES 4070
GES 4090
GES 4120
GES 4130,
GES 4700
(Spatial Database topic only)
18
Technical Communication and Information Design (TCID)
Complete all of the following courses:
TCID 2080
or
2090
TCID 3120
TCID 3130
TCID 3860
Complete (2) courses from the following:
TCID 3080
TCID 3140
TCID 3160
TCID 3750
TCID 3850
TCID 3865
TCID 4080
18
TCID – User Experience (UX)
Complete (2) courses from the following:
TCID 2090
TCID 3140
TCID 3860
TCID 3865
18
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