With EWU’s Bachelor of Science in Cyber Operations, you will learn all aspects related to cyberspace operations that are both technical — networking, malware analysis, digital forensics and incident response, attacking and defending — and non-technical, including the ethical, privacy, legal and human-centered impacts of the field.
Cyber Operations Major, Bachelor of Science (BS)
Exam Requirement: All Computer Science majors are required to pass the Advanced Programming Exam prior to taking courses for which it is a prerequisite. Passing the exam is required for graduation and no exam waivers will be granted for degree completion.
Grade Requirements: As a computer science student, you are expected to maintain an overall university GPA ≥2.3. Each computer science course and cybersecurity course must be completed with a minimum grade ≥C+. All supporting courses required by the department must be completed with a minimum grade ≥C.
| Required Computer Science Courses | 64 | |
| COMPUTING ETHICS | ||
| PROGRAMMING PRINCIPLES I | ||
| PROGRAMMING PRINCIPLES II | ||
| OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING WITH DESIGN PATTERNS | ||
| C AND UNIX PROGRAMMING | ||
| ARCHITECTURE AND ORGANIZATION | ||
| DATA STRUCTURES | ||
| COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SECURITY | ||
| ALGORITHMS | ||
| RELATIONAL DATABASE SYSTEMS | ||
| COMPUTER NETWORKS | ||
| OPERATING SYSTEMS | ||
| SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES | ||
| SENIOR PROJECT | ||
| Required Cybersecurity Courses | 28 | |
| ADVANCED NETWORKING CONCEPTS | ||
| NETWORK SECURITY | ||
| SECURE CODING | ||
| CYBERSECURITY POLICIES, PRIVACY AND LAWS | ||
| APPLIED CYBER DEFENSE | ||
| APPLIED CYBER OPERATIONS | ||
| DIGITAL FORENSICS AND CYBERCRIME | ||
| Required Supporting Courses | 15 | |
| DIGITAL CIRCUITS | ||
| DISCRETE MATHEMATICS | ||
| ELEMENTARY PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS | ||
| Required Electives–choose two courses from the following | 8 | |
Notes: No course may be used for an elective that is used to satisfy another major requirement. Upper division MATH or CSCD 495–499 courses must have prior department approval of topic content. | ||
| SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMMING | ||
| AUTOMATA AND COMPILERS | ||
| RANDOMIZED ALGORITHMS AND PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS | ||
| ADVANCED DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS | ||
| DATA MINING | ||
| BIG DATA ANALYTICS | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE | ||
| TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (prior department approval of content required) | ||
| DISTRIBUTED MULTIPROCESSING | ||
| GPU COMPUTING | ||
| ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE AND ORGANIZATION | ||
| EMBEDDED SYSTEMS | ||
| EMBEDDED REAL-TIME CONTROL | ||
| PARALLEL AND CLOUD COMPUTING | ||
| 3D COMPUTER GRAPHICS PRINCIPLES | ||
| ADVANCED 3D COMPUTER GRAPHICS | ||
| VIRTUAL REALITY AND DATA VISUALIZATION | ||
| INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS | ||
| MODELING AND SIMULATION | ||
| HUMAN COMPUTER INTERFACE | ||
| INTERNSHIP (up to two 4 credit internships are allowed) | ||
| DIRECTED STUDY (prior department approval of content required) | ||
| Required Senior Capstone Series | 5 | |
| SENIOR CAPSTONE | ||
| Total Credits | 120 | |
University Competencies and Proficiencies
English
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning
Placement and Clearance Exams
Prior Learning/Sources of Credit AP, CLEP, IB
General Education Requirements (GER)
Breadth Area Core Requirements (BACR)
Humanities and Arts
Natural Sciences
Social Sciences
University Graduation Requirements (UGR)
Diversity Course List
Foreign Language (for Bachelor of Arts)
Global Studies Course List
Minor or Certificate
Senior Capstone Course List
All admitted students must officially Declare a Major by the time they reach 90 credits (junior standing).
Application for Graduation (use EagleNET) must be made at least two terms in advance of the term you expect to graduate (undergraduate and post-baccalaureate).
Use the Catalog Archives to determine two important catalog years.
Degree Works calculates based on these two catalog years.
Students Who Successfully Earn A BS In Cyber Operations From EWU Should Be Able To Do The Following: