Cybersecurity, B.S.

The Cybersecurity, B.S. major is available in traditional as well as online formats.

Overall Requirements

  • 120 credit hours, to include at least 36 credits at or above the 300 course level.
  • Grade of C or higher in ISM 110.
  • A cumulative GPA of at least 2.0.
  • Grades of C or better in ISM 201ISM 218, and ISM 240.
  • At least 50 percent of the business semester hours required for the degree must be earned at UNC Greensboro.

Degree Program Requirements

University Requirements
General Education Requirements - Minerva's Academic Curriculum (MAC)

Major Requirements

Bryan School Pre-Admission Courses 

Students should plan to complete the pre-admission courses by the end of the sophomore year, or as soon as possible thereafter. 

Courses used to meet Bryan School Pre-Admission and Bryan School Common Business Core requirements cannot be used to fulfill major or concentration requirements in the following majors: ACCT, BADM, ECOS, ENTR, FINC, INTB, ISSC, HTMT, or MKTG.

See the Joseph M. Bryan School of Business and Economics for more information.

Required29-30
Blueprint for Personal Development
and Blueprint for Professional Development
Blueprint for Personal and Professional Development
Financial Accounting
Managerial Accounting
Principles of Microeconomics
Principles of Macroeconomics
Economic and Business Statistics I
Foundations for Analytics using Spreadsheets
Information Systems for Decision Making
Select one of the following:
Exploring Writing in College Contexts
Academic Research and Writing
Freshman Seminar in Reasoning and Discourse: Written Communication
Completion of one of the following:
College Algebra
Algebra with Business Applications
Calculus with Business Applications
Precalculus I
Precalculus II
Precalculus
Mathematics for the Life Sciences
Calculus for the Life Sciences
Calculus I
Calculus II
Calculus III
Calculus A
Calculus B

Bryan School Common Business Core

Required38
Global and Cultural Development
Leadership Development
Introduction to Communication Studies
The International Economy
Business Finance I
Introduction to International Business
Organizational Behavior
The Legal Environment of Business
Business Policy and Strategy
Principles of Innovation
Principles of Marketing
Ethical Issues in Business
Ethical Issues in Entrepreneurship
Business Ethics with East Asian Philosophy
Operations Management
Global Sustainability Elective - One chosen from the list below: *
Economics of a Global Sustainable Society
Entrepreneurship in a Sustainable Global Environment
Global Crossings: Topics in Images, Media, and Texts
Global Green: Cultures of Production and/or Consumption
Introduction to Sustainable Development
*

Or other approved Global Sustainability elective.

Cybersecurity Courses

Core Courses9
Foundations for Analytics using Spreadsheets
Information Systems for Decision Making
Operations Management
Required Courses21
Essentials of Cyber Security
Database Systems
Business Programming I
Systems and Process Analysis
Secure Networked Systems
Design of Management Information Systems
Select one of the following:
Ethical Hacking
Blockchain Technology Applications and Management
Undergraduate Internship in Information Systems
Business Analytics
Independent Study
Problems in Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
Essentials of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Electives

Sufficient electives to complete the 120 total credit hours required for the degree.