BS in Cybersecurity
Northeastern Illinois University
Key Information
Campus location
Chicago, USA
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
4 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
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Application deadline
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Earliest start date
Sep 2024
Introduction
Cybersecurity is an emerging science that concerns the protection of assets through assessing the vulnerabilities of cybersystems and creating incident response strategies to promptly countermeasure adversaries attacks. A wide range of knowledge and practical skills is needed to design and maintain the security of information systems and underlying infrastructures.
Program Benefits
The Cybersecurity major covers fundamental and advanced security topics to prepare graduates for joining the cybersecurity workforce or starting and successfully completing a master’s degree in Cybersecurity or related fields. In addition to the fundamentals of programming, data structures, and algorithms, students who complete the program will learn cryptography and its applications, networking and network security, operating systems and security, Internet and application security, security auditing, vulnerability assessment and penetration testing, incident response and enterprise security frameworks, and digital forensics. Hands-on laboratories are an essential component of the security courses, where students put the learned knowledge into practice.
Curriculum
Cybersecurity is an emerging science that concerns the protection of assets through assessing the vulnerabilities of cyber systems and creating incident response strategies to promptly countermeasure adversaries attacks. A wide range of knowledge and practical skills is needed to design and maintain the security of information systems and underlying infrastructures. The Cybersecurity Program at the Department of Computer Science covers fundamental and advanced security topics to prepare graduates for joining the cybersecurity workforce or starting and successfully completing a Master’s degree in Cybersecurity or related fields. In addition to the fundamentals of programming, data structures, and algorithms, students who complete the program will learn cryptography and its applications, networking and network security, operating systems and security, Internet and application security, security auditing, vulnerability assessment and penetration testing, incident response and enterprise security frameworks, and digital forensics. Hands-on laboratories are an essential component of the security courses, where students put the learned knowledge into practice.
Career Opportunities
Graduates of the program will be prepared to join the workforce as:
- network security engineers
- cryptanalysts
- cybersecurity specialists
- digital forensic and cybercrime analysts
- security awareness trainers/specialists
- junior cybersecurity analysts
- junior vulnerability assessment
- penetration testing specialists
English Language Requirements
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