AAS Information Technology Networking and Cyber Defense to BS Cybersecurity


 GWU logo cropped         

 

Transfer Guide

Gardner-Webb University

BS Cybersecurity

AAS Information Technology - Networking and Cyber Defense

_____________________________________________________________________________

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

CIS 110 Intro to Computers or CIS 111 Basic PC Literacy

3

Elective

3

CIS 115 Intro to Programming and Logic

3

CSC 201 Programming Language I

3

CTI 110 Web, Program & DB Foundation

3

Elective

3

CTI 120 Networking and Security Foundation

3

CSC 222 Network Defense

3

CTI 140 Visualization Concepts

3

Elective

3

CTS 115 Info Systems Business Concept

3

Elective

3

CTS 120 Hardware/Software Support

3

CSC 111 Introduction to Computer Hardware

3

CTS 288 Prof Practices in IT

3

Elective

3

NET 125 Introduction to Networks

3

CIS 1XX

3

NET 126 Switching and Routing

3

CIS 1XX

3

NET 175 Wireless Technology

3

CIS 1XX

3

NET 225 Enterprise Networking

3

CIS 2XX

3

NET 289 Networking Project

3

CIS 2XX

3

NOS 130 Windows Single User

3

CIS 1XX

3

NOS 230 Windows Admin I

3

CSC 233 Operating Systems Administration and Security

3

SEC 210  Intrusion Detection

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 122 College Transfer Success

1

Elective

1

 

Recommended Math Elective: MAT 152 Statistical Methods I or MAT 171 Precalculus Algebra

4

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

WBL 111 Work-Based Learning I

1

Elective

1

 

WBL 112 Work-Based Learning I

2

Elective

2

 

WBL 121 Work-Based Learning II
1 Elective
1  
WBL 131 Work-Based Learning III
1 Elective
1  
WBL 122 Work-Based Learning II
2 Elective
2  

 

 

Additional Information from Gardner-Webb University:

 

 

 

Remaining Bachelor Degree Requirements at University:

 

Required Courses for Cybersecurity Major

CREDIT HOURS

CSC 202 Programming Language II 

3

CSC 281 Java Programming or CSC 285 C programming

3

CSC 361 Operating Systems and Architecture

3

CSC 375 Introduction to Computer and Network Security                               

3

CSC 376 Intermediate Cybersecurity

3

CSC 453 Introduction to Cloud Security

3

CSC 454 Introduction to Penetration Testing

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

CJC 460 Cybercrime

3