Plan of Study for Certificate Students

• Required Undergraduate Stem Work
  (These do NOT count towards your graduate degree credits. If your acceptance letter indicates any lack in the Stem Work, you must complete COSC 5301 and 5302 in your first major semester.)
• COSC 2327 Introduction to Computer Networks
• COSC 3318 Database Management Systems
• MATH 2385 Fundamentals of Calculus
• STAT 3379 Statistical Methods in Practice
• Required Core Courses
• See below for each certificate program.
• Elective Courses
• COSC/DFSC 5xxx/6xxx courses (except your program's cores) from this list.

Suggested 1-Year Plan of Study for Cyber Security Certificate

• Must complete 15 hours of compulsory (core) courses.
  • Required Core Courses
    • COSC 5310 Cryptography and Steganography
    • COSC 5330 Malware
    • DFSC 5315 Network and Cyber Security
    • DFSC 6310 Cyber Warfare and Terrorism
    • One of the following two:
      • DFSC 5318 Cyber Law
      • DFSC 5336 Business Continuity Management
• If acceptance letter indicates any lack in Stem Work, you must complete COSC 5301/5302 in your first major semester.
• Students can take 1 - 4 courses per semester.
• Below is a suggested degree plan. Carefully plan your coursework as most courses open only once (at Spring, Summer or Fall only) during an academic year.

Fall	Spring	Summer
DFSC 5315 Network and Cyber Security COSC 5330 Malware	DFSC 5318 Cyber Law	COSC 5310 Cryptography and Steganography DFSC 6310 Cyber Warfare and Terrorism

or

Fall	Spring	Summer
DFSC 5336 Business Continuity Management COSC 5330 Malware	DFSC 5315 Network and Cyber Security	COSC 5310 Cryptography and Steganography DFSC 6310 Cyber Warfare and Terrorism

Suggested 1-Year Plan of Study for Data Assurance

• Must complete 15 hours of compulsory (core) courses.
  • Required Core Courses
    • DFSC 5310 Principle and Policy in Information Assurance (Online)
    • COSC 5310 Cryptography & Steganography (Online)
    • COSC 5330 Malware (Online)
    • COSC 5335 Database Security (Online)
    • DFSC 5336 Business Continuity Management (Online)
• If acceptance letter indicates any lack in Stem Work, you must complete COSC 5301/5302 in your first major semester.
• Students can take 1 - 4 courses per semester.
• Below is a suggested degree plan. Carefully plan your coursework as most courses open only once (at Spring, Summer or Fall only) during an academic year.

Fall	Spring	Summer
DFSC 5310 Principle and Policy in Information Assurance COSC 5330 Malware DFSC 5336 Business Continuity Management	COSC 5335 Database Security	COSC 5310 Cryptography & Steganography

Suggested 1-Year Plan of Study for Digital Investigation

• Must complete 15 hours of compulsory (core) courses.
  • Required Core Courses
    • DFSC 5315 Network and Cyber Security (Online)
    • DFSC 5317 Digital Security (Online)
    • DFSC 5327 Digital Forensics Investigatn (Online)
    • COSC 5330 Malware (Online)
    • DFSC 6312 Multimedia Forensics (Online)
• If acceptance letter indicates any lack in Stem Work, you must complete COSC 5301/5302 in your first major semester.
• Students can take 1 - 4 courses per semester.
• Below is a suggested degree plan. Carefully plan your coursework as most courses open only once (at Spring, Summer or Fall only) during an academic year.

Fall	Spring
COSC 5330 Malware DFSC 5327 Digital Forensics Investigatn DFSC 6312 Multimedia Forensics	DFSC 5315 Network and Cyber Security DFSC 5317 Digital Security

Suggested 1-Year Plan of Study for Data Science

• Must complete 15 hours of compulsory (core) courses.
  • Required Core Courses
    • COSC 6321 Distributed Computing
    • COSC 6331 Data Visualization
    • COSC 6335 Big Data Analytics
    • COSC 6338 Data Science Capstone
    • One of the following two:
      • COSC 6332 Computer Vision
      • COSC 6333 Deep Learning
• If acceptance letter indicates any lack in Stem Work, you must complete COSC 5301/5302 in your first major semester.
• Students can take 1 - 4 courses per semester.
• Below is a suggested degree plan. Carefully plan your coursework as most courses open only once (at Spring, Summer or Fall only) during an academic year.

Fall	Spring
TBA	TBA