AAS Info Tech Cybersecurity to BS Cybersecurity


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Transfer Guide

Gardner-Webb University

BS Cybersecurity

AAS Information Technology - Cybersecurity

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Delivery Method: Online

Program Admission Notes:

 

See Gardner-Webb general education requirements for online programs. All transfer students are required to take Old and New Testament (REL 300 and REL 301).

 

First-year online students must be enrolled in UNI 111 University Life their first semester at the university if they transfer fewer than 15 credits from an institution other than a high school.

 

Entrance requirements to the Bachelor program include official transcripts from accredited institutions showing a GPA of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale. To receive credit for a course, a student must have earned a “C” 2.0 or better in that course.

 

Students transferring from accredited two-year institutions may transfer up to 76 credit hours. Students transferring from accredited four-year institutions may transfer up to 90 credit hours. Students transferring from a combination of two- and four-year institutions may transfer a maximum of 90 credit hours with no more than 76 of the 90 hours coming from two-year institutions. All transfer students must complete at least the final 30 credit hours with Gardner-Webb.

 

See the most recent course equivalencies through Gardner-Webb University Registrar Services.

Students who do not have transfer credit for ENG 101 will need to register for this course during their first semester.

Contact:

admissions@gardner-webb.edu

704-406-4000

 

Revised: 12.8.25

 

 

 

 

 

North Carolina Community College Courses

CREDIT HOURS

Gardner-Webb University Courses

CREDIT HOURS

CCT 110 Introduction to Cyber Crime

3

Elective

3

CCT 121 Computer Crime Invest

3

CJC 460 Cybercrime

3

CCT 240 Data Recovery Techniques

3

Elective

3

CCT 250 Network Vulnerabilities I

3

CSC 454 Intro to Penetration Testing

3

CIS 115 Intro to Programming and Logic

3

Elective

3

CTI 110 Web, Program & DB Foundation

3

Elective

3

CTI 120 Networking and Security Foundation

3

CSC 222 Network Defense                                     

3

CTS 115 Info Business System Concepts

3

Elective

3

CTS 120 Hardware/Software Support

3

CSC 111 Introduction to Computer Hardware 

3

NET 125 Introduction to Networks

3

Elective

3

NET 126 Routing Basics

3

Elective

3

NOS 110 Operating Systems Concepts

3

Elective

3

NOS 120 Linux/UNIX Single User

3

Elective

3

NOS 130 Windows Single User

3

CSC 233 Operating Systems Administration and Security  

3

SEC 110 Security Concepts

3

CSC 375 Intro to Cybersecurity

3

SEC 160 Security Administration

3

Elective

3

 

 

Remaining Associate Degree Requirements:

In addition to major-specific course recommendations above, students should work with a community college advisor to select additional community college courses to fulfill the remaining associate degree requirements identified below. See Gardner-Webb general education requirements for online programs.

Recommended CC Course

Credit Hours

University Equivalent

Credit Hours

University Requirement Fulfilled

ENG 111: Writing and Inquiry

3

ENG/ENGL 101 English Composition I

3

General Education

ENG 112: Writing/Research in the Discipline

3

ENG/ENGL 102 English Composition II

3

General Education

ACA 115 Success and Study Skills

1

Elective

1

 

Recommended Math Elective: MAT 121 Algebra/Trigonometry 1 or higher

3

MTH 105 Fundamentals of Statistics and Probability

3

General Education

Recommended Social/Behavioral Science:  HIS 

132 American History II or POLS 120 American 

Government

 

3

HIS 319 US 20th Century History or PSC 302 American Government

3

General Education

 

 

Additional Information from Gardner-Webb University:

 

 

 

Remaining Bachelor Degree Requirements at University:

 

Required Courses for Cybersecurity Major

CREDIT HOURS

CSC 201 Programming Language I                                                                              

3

CSC 202 Programming Language II  

3

CSC 281 Java Programming or CSC 285 C programming

3

CSC 361 Operating Systems and Architecture

3

CSC 376 Intermediate Cybersecurity

3

CSC 453 Introduction to Cloud Security

3

CSC 456 Incident Response and Contingency Planning                                   

3

CSC 460 Data Communications and Networking  

3

CSC 481 Capstone

1

MIS 433 Database Management 

3