Computer Security Minor

Minor Requirements 22 Credits

• CSC 119 - Introduction to UNIX/Linux (1 cr.)
• CSC 152 - Computer Security and Society (3 cr.)
• CSC 217 - Discrete Mathematics with Computer Applications (3 cr.)
• CSC 221 - Introduction to Programming (3 cr.)
• CSC 352 - Computer Security (3 cr.)
• CSC 357 - Computer Networks (3 cr.)

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  Electives: (6 cr.)

  Select at least one of the following:

• CSC 452 - Threat Analysis and Modeling (3 cr.) or
• CSC 462 - Intrusion Detection (3 cr.)

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  or all of the following:

• CSC 223 - Data Structures and Algorithms (3 cr.) and
• CSC 336 - Software Engineering I (3 cr.) and
• CSC 456 - Reliable Systems (3 cr.)

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  Additional Electives:

  Select from the following as needed to satisfy the overlap restriction:

• CSC 309 - Programming Language: C (1 cr.) *
• CSC 310 - Perl (1 cr.) *
• CSC 311 - Computer Language (1 to 4 cr.) *
• CSC 313 - Computer Language (1 to 4 cr.) *
• CSC 319 - Object-Oriented Design and Programming (3 cr.)
• CSC 320 - System Administration (3 cr.) **
• CSC 330 - Human Computer Interaction (3 cr.)
• CSC 341 - Introduction to Databases with Web Applications (3 cr.)
• CSC 345 - Artificial Intelligence (3 cr.)

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• CSC 223 - Data Structures and Algorithms (3 cr.) and

• CSC 318 - Discrete Mathematics with Computer Applications II (3 cr.) and
• CSC 441 - Database Management Systems (3 cr.)

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  Additional Requirements: Overlap restriction: At least 15 of the required 22 credits must be taken in courses not counted toward the student’s major (s) or other minor (s).

  * At most 3 credits can be counted in CSC 309, CSC 310, CSC 311, CSC 312, CSC 313.

  ** At most 3 credits can be counted in CSC 320 and CSC 323 (with different topics)