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2018-2019 General Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG–FOR INFORMATION ONLY]

Master of Business Administration - Cybersecurity Emphasis (M.B.A.)

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Program Information

Graduate students must complete their program within six (6) years of matriculation.
All courses must be passed with a “C” (2.0) or better to be counted in the program.
Students must earn a minimum overall GPA of 3.0 to graduate. Students who fail to maintain a 3.0 GPA average may be dismissed from the program.
Graduate courses cannot be repeated more than once.
Students without business degrees are required to complete either the Foundation Requirements or the Accelerated M.B.A. Preparatory Program, along with the requirements for the M.B.A. Business-degree students only need to complete the M.B.A. section requirements.

Undergraduate Foundation Requirements (30 Credits)

(Required for students without business degrees.)

ACCT 2010 - Accounting Principles 3 Credit(s)
ACCT 2020 - Managerial Accounting 3 Credit(s)
ACCT 3350 - Business Law I 3 Credit(s)
ECON 2010 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 Credit(s)
ECON 2020 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 Credit(s)
ECON 2500 - Quantitative Methods for Business and Economics 3 Credit(s)
FIN 3250 - Managerial Finance I 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 3100 - Operations Management 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 3180 - Management and Organizations 3 Credit(s)
MKTG 3010 - Marketing Principles 3 Credit(s)

Accelerated M.B.A. Preparatory Program (21 Credits)

(6000-level courses offered as funding permits.)

ACCT 3350 - Business Law I 3 Credit(s)
ACCT 6000 - Foundations of Accounting 3 Credit(s)
ECON 6000 - Foundations of Economics 3 Credit(s)
FIN 3250 - Managerial Finance I 3 Credit(s)
MATH 1100 - Applied Calculus 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 6000 - Foundations of Management and Operations 3 Credit(s)
MKTG 3010 - Marketing Principles 3 Credit(s)

Master of Business Administration - Cybersecurity Curriculum Summary (30 Credits)

Required Courses (15-18 Credits)*

ACCT 6100 - Accounting for Decision-Making and Control 3 Credit(s)
ECON 6200 - Managerial Economics 3 Credit(s)
FIN 6100 - Advanced Topics in Finance 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 6100 - Managing Organizations and People 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 6400 - Global Business Strategy 3 Credit(s)
MKTG 6200 - Strategic Marketing Management 3 Credit(s)

Note

* Students with undergraduate business degrees are not required to take the core course in their undergraduate major, as follows:

Accounting majors: ACCT 6100
Economics majors: ECON 6200
Finance majors: FIN 6100
Management majors: MGMT 6100
Marketing majors: MGMT 6200

Only one course may be waived and will be replaced with a graduate elective.

Students who did not major in a business discipline as undergraduates must take all required courses as listed.

Cybersecurity Emphasis Courses (12 Credits)

CSIA 6000 - Network Security 3 Credit(s)
CSIA 6060 - IT Risk Management 3 Credit(s)

Select Two of the Following (6 Credits)

CSIA 6030 - Advanced Persistent Threats 3 Credit(s)
CSIA 6040 - IT Project Management 3 Credit(s)
CSIA 6200 - Cyber Operations 3 Credit(s)
CSIA 6220 - Security DevOps 3 Credit(s)
CSIA 6230 - Cryptography Fundamentals 3 Credit(s)
CSIA 6240 - Digital Forensics 3 Credit(s)
CSIA 6250 - Network and Internet Forensics 3 Credit(s)
CSIA 6300 - Cyber Law and Investigations 3 Credit(s)
CSIA 6310 - Compliance and Cybersecurity 3 Credit(s)
CSIA 6320 - Security Frameworks 3 Credit(s)
CSIA 6330 - Information Systems Auditing 3 Credit(s)
CSIA 6350 - PCI/DSS/GLBA 3 Credit(s)

Elective Courses (0-3 Credits)

Select 0-3 credits from the following (to reach the minimum required 30 credits):

ACCT 6320 - Advanced Cost Accounting 3 Credit(s)
ACCT 6360 - Business Law II 3 Credit(s)
BA 6100 - Advanced Issues in Business 1 Credit(s) (offered as a scheduled class and as individual study)
ECON 6210 - International Economics and Finance 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 6200 - Negotiation and Conflict Resolution 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 6300 - Human Resources Management and Law 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 6320 - Labor Management Relations 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 6340 - Strategic Issues in Human Resources 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 6900 - Project/Thesis 3 Credit(s)
Other M.Acc. courses may be taken as M.B.A. electives only if approved by the M.Acc. program director and the graduate committee. This is determined by the student’s academic background in the accounting discipline.

Total Credits, M.B.A. Degree: 30

Total Credits, M.B.A. Degree with Accelerated Prep Program: 51

Total Credits, M.B.A. Degree with Undergraduate Foundation: 60

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