M.S. in Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity
Program Director
Cyber threats are emerging more than ever in today’s digital world, and organizations are faced with constantly staying a step ahead to avoid falling prey to cybercriminal attacks.
In response, the Department of Computer Science at St. Mary’s University offers a master’s program that will provide students with knowledge, skills and best practices on how to monitor, secure and safeguard an organization’s cyber assets.
A uniquely St. Mary's program, the Master of Science in Cybersecurity combines technical rigor with sound ethics and implications to the law.
Students will take courses in risk management, wireless security, computer forensics, mathematics for cryptography, and cyber law to get a hands-on experience of how to protect networks, computers, programs, and institutional data from attack, damage or unauthorized access.
MS in Cybersecurity program is a 33-hour program. Students may elect a project or a thesis option. Non-thesis students must complete 30 credit hours of course work and 3 credit hours of a capstone master project that culminates in an oral presentation to the project committee. The thesis option consists of 27 hours of course credit and 6 hours of thesis direction. The thesis must be defended orally. The thesis committee may ask course-related questions during the thesis defense.
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Project Option
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Courses required for the degree: | ||
| Foundational Courses (required) | ||
| CS 6330 | Advanced Computer Networks | 3 |
| CS 6361 | Computer Network Security | 3 |
| CS 6362 | Computer Security and Privacy | 3 |
| CS 6364 | Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime | 3 |
| CS 6368 | Cybersecurity Policy and Law | 3 |
| CS 6369 | Cryptography Principles and Practice | 3 |
| EG 7314 | Software Security | 3 |
| Elective Courses | ||
| Select three courses from the following | 9 | |
| Cloud Computing Security | ||
| Preparation for Security Certification | ||
| Cybersecurity Risk Management | ||
| Wireless Security | ||
| Internship | ||
| Capstone | ||
| CS 6395 | Project | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 33 | |
Thesis Option
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Foundational Courses | ||
| CS 6330 | Advanced Computer Networks | 3 |
| CS 6361 | Computer Network Security | 3 |
| CS 6362 | Computer Security and Privacy | 3 |
| CS 6364 | Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime | 3 |
| CS 6368 | Cybersecurity Policy and Law | 3 |
| CS 6369 | Cryptography Principles and Practice | 3 |
| EG 7314 | Software Security | 3 |
| Elective Courses | ||
| Select two courses from the following | 6 | |
| Cloud Computing Security | ||
| Preparation for Security Certification | ||
| Cybersecurity Risk Management | ||
| Internship | ||
| Wireless Security | ||
| Thesis | ||
| CS 6391 | Thesis I | 3 |
| CS 6392 | Thesis II | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 33 | |