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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Cybersecurity (BS) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


First Year Hours K-State Core  
Semester 1      
CIS 015 - Undergraduate Seminar 0    
CIS 115 - Introduction to Computing Science 2    
CIS 116 - introduction to Programming 1    
ENGL 100 - Expository Writing I 3 KSC 010  
COMM 106 - Public Speaking I 3 KSC 020  
Arts & Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
MATH 220 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus I 4 KSC 030  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
PHYS 113 - General Physics I OR 4    
PHYS 213 - Engineering Physics I OR 5    
PHYS 223 Physics I, Mechanics, and Thermodynamics 5    
CIS 200 - Programming Fundamentals 4    
ECE 241 - Introduction to Computer Engineering 3    
MATH 221 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus II 4    
Total Credits: 15-16      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
CIS 300 - Data and Program Structures 3    
CIS 301 - Logical Foundations of Programming 3    
PHYS 114 - General Physics II OR 4    
PHYS 214 - Engineering Physics II OR 5    
PHYS 224 - Physics II, Electromagnetism, and Sound 5    
ENGL 200 - Expository Writing II 3 KSC 010  
Total Credits: 13-14      
       
Semester 2      
SOCIO 211 - Introduction to Sociology 3 KSC 050  
Free Electives {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
CIS 400 - Object-Oriented Design, Implementation, and Testing 3    
CIS 415 - Ethics and Conduct for Computing Professionals 3    
MATH 510 - Discrete Mathematics 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
CIS 308 - C Language Laboratory 1    
CIS 501 - Software Architecture and Design 3    
CIS 505 - Introduction to Programming Languages 3    
CRIM 550 - Technocrime, Security, and Society 3    
Social & Behavioral Sciences Requirement 3 KSC 050  
Arts & Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
CIS 450 - Computer Architecture and Operations 3    
CIS 553 - Fundamentals of Cryptography 3    
CIS 575 - Introduction to Algorithm Analysis 3    
ENGL 415 - Written Communication for Engineers OR 3    
ENGL 516 - Written Communication for the Sciences 3    
STAT 510 - Introductory Probability and Statistics I 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
CIS 551 - Fundamentals of Computer and Information Security 3    
CIS 525 - Introduction to Network Programming 3    
CIS 560 - Database System Concepts 3    
Math Elective 3    
Free Electives {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
CIS 655 - Security and Reliability of Computing Systems OR 3    
CIS 755 - Systems Security 3    
CIS 599 - Cybersecurity Project 3    
Natural and Physical Sciences Requirement 4-5 KSC 040  
Unrestricted Elective 3-4    
Total Credits: 13-15      
       
Total Program Hours: 120