Catalog 2025-2026

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Associate Degree (Major Code: IS23)

Credential: Associate of Applied Science
Campus Location: Athens

This program will be offered beginning Spring 2025

Curriculum Requirements

General Education

Area I: Language Arts and Communications

ENGL 1101Composition and Rhetoric

3

Total Credit Hours:3

Area II: Social and Behavioral Sciences

Students must choose a course from Area II shown on the General Education Courses: Associate Degree Level list.

Total Credit Hours:3

Area III: Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Students must choose one of the following courses:

MATH 1101Mathematical Modeling

3

MATH 1103Quantitative Skills and Reasoning

3

MATH 1111College Algebra

3

Total Credit Hours:3

Humanities and Fine Arts

Students must choose a course from Area IV shown on the General Education Courses: Associate Degree Level list.

Total Credit Hours:3

General Education Electives

Students may choose a course from any other courses shown on the General Education Courses: Associate Degree Level list that was not already used to satisfy an Area requirement.

Total Credit Hours:3-4

College Requirement

FSSE 1000First Semester Seminar

3

Total Credit Hours:3

CIST Electives

 
CIST 1220Structured Query Language (SQL)

4

Total Credit Hours:4

CIST Networking Electives

Students must choose three networking elective courses for a total of 12 credit hours.
CIST 2411Microsoft Client

4

CIST 2412Microsoft Server Installation and Maintenance

4

CIST 2431UNIX/Linux Introduction

4

Total Credit Hours:12

Cybersecurity Major

CISM 2201Foundations of Computer Applications

3

CIST 1001Computer Concepts

4

CIST 1122Hardware Installation and Maintenance

4

CIST 1401Computer Networking Fundamentals

4

CIST 1601Information Security Fundamentals

3

CIST 1602Security Policies and Procedures

3

CIST 2601Implementing Operating Systems Security

4

CIST 2602Network Security

4

CIST 2611Network Defense/Countermeasure

4

CIST 2612Computer Forensics

4

CIST 2613Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing

4

Total Credit Hours:41

Total Credit Hours: 75-76