Network & Computer Security
B.S. Degree Requirements
To earn a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Network and Computer Security, a student must complete a minimum of 124 credit hours and fulfill the following requirements. Students must maintain a minimum GPA of 2.5 in their professional coursework to graduate. The coursework specified in section I below satisfies to 30 credit minimum for SUNY General Education requirements. In fulfilling the balance of 124 credits with open electives, students must ensure at least 60 credits of coursework for the degree is classified as Arts and Sciences.
| I. Arts & Sciences - 60 Credits | Minimum Credits |
| A. Liberal Arts | |
| Oral/Speech Communication | one course |
| Upper Division Writing | one course |
| Social Science | one course |
| American History | one course |
| Western Civilization | one course |
| Other World Civilizations | one course |
| Humanities | one course |
| The Arts | one course |
| Foreign Language Elective | one course |
| Basic Communication | one course |
| B. Mathematics and Science | |
| PHY 101 - Physics I | one course |
| PHY102 - Physics II | one course |
| MAT 112/15 - Calculus | one course |
| STA 100/225 - Statistics | one course |
| MAT 115/413 - Finite/Discrete Math | one course |
| II. Professional Coursework | Minimum Credits |
| A. Core Courses | 12 credits |
| NCS 181 - Introduction to Cybersecurity | |
| NCS 210 - Network Transmission Technology | |
| CS 108 - Computing Fundamentals | |
| B. Intermediate Coursework | 24 credits |
| CS 307 - UNIX Programming Environment | |
| IS 310 - Hardware and Network Infrastructure | |
| IS 315 - Networking and Information Systems | |
| NCS 320 - Information Assurance Fundamentals | |
| NCS 330 - Info. Assurance Ethics, Policies & Disaster Recovery | |
| NCS 350 - Wireless Systems and Security | |
| C. Advanced Electives - must have 2 NCS courses | 12 credits |
| NCS 316 - Data Network Design | |
| NCS 383 - Network Firewalls | |
| NCS 384 - Network Intrusion Detection | |
| NCS 416 - Digital and Internet Telephony | |
| NCS 425 - Internetworking | |
| NCS 435 - Computer and Network Forensics | |
| NCS 450 - Network Security | |
| NCS 460 - Advanced Wireless Security | |
| NCS 490 - Special Topics in Network & Computer Security | |
| NCS 494 - Network and Computer Security Internship | |
| Courses marked with * have CS course prerequisites beyond Cybersecurity degree requirements. | |
| CS 370* - Software Engineering | |
| CS 381* - Computer Security and Cryptography | |
| CS 407* - UNIX System Administration | |
| CS 441* - Computer Systems Architecture | |
| CS 445* - UNIX Network Programming | |
| CS 454* - System Simulation | |
| CS 477* - Algorithms | |
| IS 340* - E-Commerce | |
| IS 470* - Database Programming | |
| D. Capstone | |
| NCS 495 - Network and Computer Security Capstone | 2 credits |
| III. Open Electives | Balance of 124 |
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Total Credits
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124 |