Cybersecurity: Security Architecture Track, M.S.

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This graduate program is administered by the Department of Computing and New Media Technologies - Graduate Program .

The M.S. in Cybersecurity represents a fully online, asynchronous curriculum comprised of 34 credits to include seven core courses, 3 concentration or track courses, a Capstone preparation course and a project-based Capstone course. You will be able to complete more than one program track. As a graduate of the program, you will gain the core competencies required to serve in a variety of cybersecurity roles within diverse organizations. UW Extended Campus, UW-Green Bay, UW-La Crosse, UW-Oshkosh, UW-Parkside, UWPlatteville, UW-River Falls, UW-Stevens Point, and UW-Superior offer the program jointly. The required capstone course, which represents the culminating experience in the program, will provide you with the opportunity to apply skills acquired from coursework through a projectbased experience in your track/concentration area.

Consists of 34 credits

Core Courses, 25 credits

CYB 700 - Fundamentals of Cybersecurity 3 cr.
CYB 703 - Network Security 3 cr.
CYB 705 - Sociological Aspects of Cybersecurity 3 cr.
CYB 707 - Cybersecurity Program Planning and Implementation 3 cr.
CYB 710 - Introduction to Cryptography 3 cr.
CYB 715 - Managing Security Risk 3 cr.
CYB 720 - Communication in Cybersecurity 3 cr.
CYB 789 - Cybersecurity Pre-capstone 1 cr.
CYB 790 - Cybersecurity Capstone 3 cr.

Security Awareness Architecture

CYB 770 - Security Architecture 3 cr.
CYB 775 - Applied Cryptography 3 cr.
CYB 780 - Software Security 3 cr. or
CYB 785 - Cyber Physical System Security 3 cr.

Note

You may take more than one track (see Cybersecurity: Cyber Response Track, M.S. , Cybersecurity: Digital Forensics Track, M.S. , and Cybersecurity: Governance and Leadership Track, M.S. ).