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Catalog Year: 2026 - 2027

College/School: New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences

Plan Code: ASACSCERT

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Requirement	Minimum Grade	Credit Hours

Requirement	Minimum Grade	Credit Hours
The certificate in applied cybersecurity consists of 15 credit hours of coursework, of which a minimum of 12 hours must be upper division. Students must complete courses from more than one subject to fulfill the certificate requirements. All courses used to satisfy requirements for the certificate must be completed with a grade of "C" (2.00 on a 4.00 scale) or better.
CSE 365 Information Assurance or IFT 202 Foundations of Information and Computer System Security 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ACO 401 / CIS 401 Managing Cyber Risks in Enterprise Business Processes ACO 461 Security Operations IFT 381 Information System Security 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ACO 431 Network Security CSE 466 Computer Systems Security CSE 468 Computer Network Security IFT 458 Middleware Programming and Database Security IFT 475 Security Analysis or ACO 331 Network Forensics Analysis CSE 469 Computer and Network Forensics IFT 482 Network Forensics 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ACO 351 Governance, Risk and Compliance ACO 402 / CIS 402 Privacy, Ethics and Compliance Issues CSE 467 Data and Information Security IFT 483 Security Compliance for Information Technology 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3
ACO 484 Internship or ACO 499 Individualized Instruction CIS 440 Capstone in Information Systems CSE 485 Computer Science Capstone Project I or CSE 486 Computer Science Capstone Project II IFT 401 Information Technology Capstone 3 Credit Hours Minimum Grade:C	C	3

Notes

Prerequisite courses may be needed in order to complete the requirements of this certificate.

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