Minor Cybersecurity Minor
Saltuk Karahan, Undergraduate Program Director skarahan@odu.edu
School of Cybersecurity
This interdisciplinary minor in cybersecurity is focused on the technological, structural, social, and legal frameworks used to secure computer networks and software. The study of cybersecurity combines multiple fields including computer science, engineering, information technology, criminal justice, and philosophy, to name a few. In an effort to promote the security of computer networks, software, and cyber information, an interdisciplinary understanding about technological, legal, philosophical, and structural aspects of cybersecurity is needed. This minor will provide students from different majors the knowledge they need to prevent or respond to cyber incidents they are likely to encounter in their careers.
Requirements
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CRJS 310 | Cybercriminology: Foundations | 3 |
| CS 462 | Cybersecurity Fundamentals | 3 |
| or ECE/MSIM 470 | Foundations of Cyber Security | |
| CS 463 | Cryptography for Cybersecurity | 3 |
| CS 464 | Networked Systems Security | 3 |
| CS 465 | Information Assurance for Cybersecurity | 3 |
| CS 466 | Principles and Practice of Cyber Defense | 3 |
| CYSE 300 | Introduction to Cybersecurity | 3 |
| CYSE 301 | Cybersecurity Techniques and Operations | 3 |
| CYSE 406 | Cyber Law | 3 |
| CYSE 407 | Digital Forensics | 3 |
| ECE 416 | Cyber Defense Fundamentals | 3 |
| or MSIM 416 | Cyber Defense Fundamentals | |
| ECE 419 | Cyber Physical System Security | 3 |
| or MSIM 419 | Cyber Physical Systems Security | |
| EET 405 | Data Communications and Computer Networks | 3 |
| or EET 412 | Wireless Communication Systems | |
| IT 416 | Network Server Configuration and Administration | 3 |
| IT 417 | Management of Information Security | 3 |
| IT 418 | Enterprise Information Assurance | 3 |
| IT 419 | Enterprise Cyber Defense | 3 |
| IT 461 | Implementing Internet Applications | 3 |
| PHIL 355E | Cybersecurity Ethics | 3 |
| RMI 443 | Enterprise Risk Management | 3 |
| or RMI 412 | Property & Liability Insurance Company Operations | |
The interdisciplinary minor in cybersecurity requires 12 credit hours of 300/400-level courses selected from at least two different disciplines with a maximum of six credits from any one discipline. For completion of the interdisciplinary minor, students must have a minimum overall cumulative grade point average of 2.00 in all courses specified as a requirement for the minor exclusive of lower-level courses and prerequisite courses. At least six hours of upper-level courses must be taken through courses offered by Old Dominion University. Three credit hours may be in the major, if a major course is listed as an option for the interdisciplinary minor. As such, it will be credited toward both the major and the interdisciplinary minor.