B.S. of Information Technology with concentrations in Cybersecurity and Data Analytics

Donna Grant, Chair

Telephone: (919) 530-7373

Office: 108 C.T. Willis Building

The Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (B.S. of I.T.) is a degree program with two concentrations in Cybersecurity and Data Analytics. The B.S. of I.T. offers our prospective students’ opportunities to learn and experience both the businesses and technical aspects of Cybersecurity and Data Analytics and how their alignments create business opportunities and problems. The Cybersecurity concentration will provide opportunities for our students to acquire hands-on experiences and will include some of the high demand skillsets such as computer security, cyber defense and countermeasures, forensics and regulatory compliance. The Data Analytics concentration will provide opportunities in scientific data analysis and visualization, predictive analysis, prescriptive modeling and optimization, simulation, data-mining and classification.

Four-Year Curriculum Plan in: Information Technology (Cybersecurity Concentration)

Freshman Year

Fall Semester:

+ CSB 2000 - Introduction to Computer Science and Business (3)
* MATH 1100 - College Algebra and Trigonometry I (3)
* ENG 1110 - English Composition I (3)
* UNIV 1100 - First Year Seminar (2)
*MFL Foreign Language II (3)

Spring Semester:

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester:

Spring Semester:

Junior Year

Fall Semester:

@ MGT 3000 - Organization and Management (3)
* SCI GEC Requirement I (3)
+ CIS 3440 - Database Management Systems (3)
@ DSC 3020 - Statistical Analysis (3)
= CSEC 3020 - Network Defense and Countermeasures (3)

Spring Semester:

Senior Year

Fall Semester:

+ CSB 4900 - Capstone I (3)
@ MKT 3210 - Principles of Marketing (3)
@ FIN 3200 - Principles of Finance (3)
# Unrestrictive Elective I (3)
= CSEC 3000 - Cybersecurity Forensics (3)

Spring Semester:

= CSEC 4000 - Ethical Hacking and Penetration Thinking (3)
@ MGT 4740 - Strategic Management (3)
* HUM Arts & Humanities I or II (3)

* SCI GEC Requirement I or II (3)

# Unrestrictive Elective II (4)

Distribution of Hours:

*General Education Curriculum (GEC): 36

@ Core Business Classes: 32

+ Core Information Technology Requirements: 27

= Cyber Security Courses: 18

# Unrestricted Electives: 7

Four-Year Curriculum Plan in: Information Technology (Data Analytics Concentration)

Freshman Year

Fall Semester:

+ CSB 2000 - Introduction to Computer Science and Business (3)
* MATH 1100 - College Algebra and Trigonometry I (3)
* ENG 1110 - English Composition I (3)
* UNIV 1100 - First Year Seminar (2)
*MFL Foreign Lanuage II (3)

Spring Semester:

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester:

Spring Semester:

Junior Year

Fall Semester:

+ CIS 3440 - Database Management Systems (3)
* SCI GEC Requirement I (3)
@ MGT 3400 - Business Communications (3)
* HUM Arts & Humanities I or II (3)
@ DSC 3020 - Statistical Analysis (3)

Spring Semester:

Senior Year

Fall Semester:

Spring Semester:

= STQM 4900 - Special Topics in Data Analytics (3)
@ MGT 4740 - Strategic Management (3)
= STQM 4020 - Applied Time Series Analysis (3)
* SCI GEC Requirement II (3)

# Unrestricted Elective II (4)

Distribution of Hours

* General Education Curriculum (GEC): 36

@ Core Business Classes: 32

+ Core Information Technology Requirements: 27

= Data Analytics Course: 21

# Unrestrictive Electives: 4