BS Cybersecurity - Online

Gardner-Webb University's BS Cybersecurity Program online will provide you with the ability to

  • analyze and resolve security issues in networks and computer systems to secure an IT infrastructure
  • use cyber security, information assurance, and cyber/computer forensics software/tools
  • develop policies and procedures to manage enterprise security risks
  • evaluate and communicate the human role in security systems with an emphasis on ethics, social engineering vulnerabilities and training
  • investigate and interpret security incidents.

The Bachelor of Cybersecurity is an online degree completion program delivered in six 8-week terms per year. Students can transfer up to 90 credits into the program; the last 30 credits must be completed at Gardner-Webb. You will earn your degree following the successful completion of 120 credit hours, which includes 46 credit hours of Cybersecurity courses.

 

 

Term 1 (6 hours)

 CSC 111 3
Computer Hardware
 CSC 201 3
Programming language 1
     

 

Term 2 (6 hours)

 CSC 202 3
Programming language 2
 Cybersec. req'd course
3
Offerings rotate on a one year cycle
     

 

Term 3 (6 hours)

 Cybersec. req'd course 3
Offerings rotate on a one year cycle 
 Cybersec. req'd course 3
 
     

 

Term 4 (6 hours)

 Cybersec. req'd course 3
 Offerings rotate on a one year cycle
 Cybersec. req'd course 3
 
     

 

Term 5 (6 hours)

Cybersec. req'd course 3
Offerings rotate on a one year cycle
CJC460/HSE460  3

Cybercrime (check ahead

for this course to mesh your schedule

if you didn't start in a fall semester)

 
     

 

Term 6 (6 hours)

 Cybersec. req'd course 3
Offerings rotate on a one year cycle 
 Cybersec. req'd course 3
 
   

Term 7 (6 hours)

 Cybersec. req'd course 3
Offerings rotate on a one year cycle 
 Cybersec. req'd course 3  
   

Term 8 (4 - 7 hours)

 Cybersec. req'd course 3
Offerings rotate on a one year cycle 
 CSC 481 1
 Capstone Project
 Elective Course 1 - 3
(If needed for 120 hour graduation requirement)

 

As a student in this program, you'll have opportunities to:

  • Attend regional meetings of cybersecurity professionals
  • Receive credit hours for a CS internship.
  • Work on a cybersecurity project under individualized supervision of a faculty member.