Undergraduate Cybersecurity Credential Requirements: Foundations of Information Security
Foundations of Information Security
Cybersecurity Stackable Undergraduate Credential Requirements
The School of Professional Studies: Undergraduate, Online
The accelerated 7 week semester online Professional Studies undergraduate Foundations of Information Security offers a Credential that requires 9 credits (3 courses) including:
Undergraduate Cybersecurity Stackable Credential Courses: 9 credits (3 courses).
Undergraduate Cybersecurity Credential students have the option to earn 30 credits (10 courses) required as part of the BS Global Cybersecurity by stacking the three Undergraduate Cybersecurity Credentials.
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Transfer Credits: Our generous transfer policy allows students to transfer up to 90 credits required for a Bachelor degree, or up to 45 credits required for an Associate level degree as well as 6 credits of related graduate study. Credits presented for transfer must be from an accredited institution and a final course grade of a C or higher is required for undergraduate and a B or higher on the graduate level. Discuss with your advisor.
Prior Learning Assessments: Receive college credit for learning acquired through life experience. By evaluating a portfolio, we determine whether your experience qualifies as college level learning. Pay for one credit and receive three credits per course successfully challenged. You may challenge up to fifteen courses.
Credit by Examination: After enrolling in the School of Professional Studies, you may seek approval from your program to receive credit by examination. Contact your program's director or the Office of the Registrar for more information.
Transfer credit or credit by examination is acceptable in lieu of all Core Curriculum requirements except College Writing I (ENG-0160) and College Writing II (ENG-0170). These two courses are required of all students enrolled in the School of Professional Studies.
Foundations of Information Security Cybersecurity Credential Courses (9 Credits)
GCC 0210: Foundations of Information Security
Prerequisites: None
Foundations of Information Security provides the framework and language to understand what is considered an information security problem. This includes understanding the essential properties of information security--confidentiality, integrity, and availability--as well as ways to implement controls that ensure the application of those properties. There are several control frameworks in use around the world that provide easy starting places to ensure protections are in place. This course will help students evaluate those control frameworks for applicability in their environments.
Offered spring semester. (3 Credits)
GCC 0360: Cultural Implications of Information Security
Prerequisites: None
Information security is all about people. People are first, last, and best line of defense. Attackers regularly make use of this understanding, spengin a lot of time thinking about how to best manipulate people into performing actions against their best interests. Too often, security practioners believe they can require people to behave in certain, tightly cicumscribed ways. They miss that humans will continue to be humans, so it is best to work with them rather than against them. Understanding not only the attacker mindset but also the divers mindsets of people within the organization can help identify the best controls to implement.
Offered [fall/spring] semester. (3 Credits)
GCC 0480: Global Threats and Information Security
Prerequisites: None
The threat landscape in the world today is poorly understood, often being diluted to easy and pithy words and phrases that do not adequately explain what is happening or who the attackers are. This course is about clearly identifying threat actors and their motivations, including the geopolitical and economic reasons for their actions. Misunderstanding the adversary can lead to missing the best approaches to circumvent attacks, as well as opportunities to think more broadly about how to address security-related issues globally rather than using only local controls at each individual business.
Offered fall semester. (3 Credits)
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