Cybersecurity Liberal Arts Focus

Liberal Arts Focus

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity issues are relevant to almost any field or industry. As such, employees who have a broad understanding of cybersecurity issues will be valuable to any organization. The BA in Interdisciplinary Studies -  Cybersecurity focus - is an option for LAS majors who would like to learn more about cybersecurity concerns and how they impact their chosen field. This degree plan integrates a core set of cybersecurity courses offered by the College of Business with specified LAS focus areas.

Complete Degree Plan (PDF)

Introductory Courses (Interdisciplinary Core)
  • INDS 1500 - Introduction to Interdisciplinary Learning
  • INDS 3660 - Interdisciplinary Internship
Cybersecurity Core
  • INFS   2510 - Managing Network Interconnections 
  • INFS   3500 - Introduction to Cybersecurity Technologies 
  • CYSM 3750 - Organizational Cyber Security 
  • CYSM 4100 - IT Risk Management 
  • CYSM 4300 - IT Security Auditing 
  • INFS   4850 - Directed Research Project
LAS Concentration Areas

Criminology and Justice Studies

  • SOC 1110 - Introduction to Sociology 
  • SOC 3400 - Criminology 
  • SOC 3410 - Sociology of Law

Complete two courses from the following list

  • SOC 3360 - Sociology of Drugs and Addiction
  • SOC 4110 - Sociology of Homelessness
  • SOC 4190 - Deviant Behavior
  • SOC 4590 - Youth Gangs
  • SOC 4960 - Juvenile Delinquency

Geographic Information Science

  • GES 3030 - Introduction to GIS 
  • GES 3060 - Remote Sensing of the Environment 
  • GES 4080 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Complete any two courses from the following:

  • GES 3050, 4040, 4070, 4090, 4120, 4130

Technical Communication and Information Design (TCID)

  • Complete: TCID 2080 OR 2090, 3120, 3130, 3860

Complete one course from the following:

  • TCID 3080, 3140, 3160, 3750, 3850, 3865, 4080

TCID User Experience (UX)

  • Complete: TCID 2080 OR 2090, 3120, 3130, 3860

Complete one course from the following:

  • TCID 3080, 3140, 3160, 3750, 3850, 3865, 4080