CY 4973 — Topics in Cybersecurity

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureusually offered: springtypical days: T/FBostonTraditionalrepeatable for credit

Offers a lecture course in cybersecurity on a topic not regularly taught in a formal course. Topics may vary from offering to offering. May be repeated up to three times.

Prerequisites

all of:
- CS 3000 (min D-)
- one of:
  - CS 3100 (min D-)
  - CIS 310M
  - CS 3500 (min D-)
  - DS 3500 (min D-)

Offering history

Term	Sections	Enrolled	Capacity	Full	Open seats/section
Spring 2024	1	6	30	20%	24.0
Spring 2025	1	4	12	33%	8.0
Spring 2026	2	32	35	91%	1.5

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 24% · T 76% · W 24% · Th 10% · F 50%

Common patterns: TF (50% of sections), T (26% of sections), MW (14% of sections), MWR (10% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Spring

Kai Bernardini (50% of students) · reviews
Benjamin Hescott (26% of students) · reviews
Ada Lerner (14% of students) · reviews
Kevin Fu (10% of students) · reviews

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Links

Official catalog (CY course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All CY courses · Plan it at numap.app