Bachelor of Arts Cybersecurity

Want to join the fight against cyberattacks and work in one of the world’s fastest-growing fields? This flexible b. A. Program provides a robust foundation that will prepare you to meet the surging demand for skilled cybersecurity professionals and succeed in the ever-changing cyber ecosystem. 

With Cybersecurity Ventures research showing some 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity jobs around the world, our expert-taught program provides core competencies that will enable you to protect both public and private organizations from today’s urgent threats. Through in-person, online, and hybrid course options ranging from Computer Networks to Ethical Hacking, our curriculum emphasizes risk management, risk tolerance, and risk mitigation. 

A distinguishing characteristic of liberal arts education is a required core curriculum. The Bachelor of Arts programs require the following core courses:

• The Examined Life
• 2 English courses:
• College Writing
• Literary Works or other core literature course
• 2 Philosophy courses (one of which should be an Ethics course)
• 2 Theology courses 
• 2 Social Science courses
• 2 History courses (1 must be non-Western)
• 1 Quantitative Reasoning course
• 1 Natural Science course
• 1 Arts course
• 1 Cultural Diversity Course
• Designing Your Career

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Discuss articulately and efficiently with large groups of diverse stakeholders, both technical and non-technical, to effectively demonstrate and communicate security concepts and the value of a modern cybersecurity program.
• Detect, analyze, identify, prioritize, and resolve security vulnerabilities, threats, risks, and breaches using appropriate tools.
• Develop cybersecurity programs, policies, and procedures to manage enterprise security risks.
• Apply security principles and practices to maintain operations in the presence of risks and threats.
• Demonstrate foundational knowledge of risk management strategies, including calculation of risk, evaluating risk tolerance, compensating controls, and risk management planning.
• Evaluate and communicate the human role in security systems with an emphasis on ethics, social engineering vulnerabilities and training.
• Recognize professional responsibilities and make informed judgments in computing practice based on legal and ethical principles.
• Discuss relevant laws, regulations, and frameworks as they apply to cybersecurity operations.
• Describe professional, ethical, legal, security, and social issues and responsibilities related to computing and cybersecurity.
• Upon additional review, the ability to achieve the following industry certifications: Cisco – CCNA, CompTIA – Network+, CompTIA – Security+, CompTIA – CySA+, EC-Council Ethical Hacking, ISACA – CRISC, ISACA – CISA, ISACA – CISM, (ISC)² – CCSP, (ISC)² – SSCP, (ISC)² – CISSP, ITIL Foundations.