Minor in Cybersecurity
The Minor in Cybersecurity is open to all UNCW students. To earn a minor in cybersecurity requires completion of 18 hours, including 12 hours of core courses and 6 hours of electives, with a minimum 6 hours at the 300 level. Students must earn a C or above in all classes in the minor and a grade of at least C- in each course.
Core Courses
- MIS 324: Information Security Management
- MIS 320 or MIS 323 or CSC 344: Network Fundamentals
- MIS 352: System Administration
- MIS 322: Information Assurance and Security
Electives
- CSC 131: Programming – Python
- CIT 225: Platform Technologies
- MIS 362: Information Assurance Policy
- MIS 363: Advanced Telecommunications
- MIS 364: Web Application Security
- MIS 365: Ethical Hacking (Note: MIS 365 will become a core course as of the 2019-20 catalog year)
- MIS 366: Digital Forensics
- MIS 367: Emerging Network Technologies
- MIS 491: DIS (Department Chair approves case by case - cybersecurity focus)
- MIS 495: Seminar (Department Chair approves case by case - cybersecurity focus)
- MIS 498: Internship (Department Chair approves case by case - cybersecurity focus)
