Cybersecurity, BS (Boston)

Undergraduatemajor2027 catalogComputer Information ScienceBoston133 semester hours totalunverified parse — check the source

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Computer Science Overview

One of:
- CS 1200 — First Year Seminar
- INPR 1000 — First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar
CS 1210 — Professional Development for Khoury Co-op

Computer Science Fundamental Courses

From the catalog
All students can take a self-assessment to attempt to place out of CS 2000 and CS 2001. Students who place out of CS 2000 and CS 2001 will instead substitute 4-5 semester hours of CS, CY, or DS coursework at the 3000 level or higher not otherwise required in the degree.

One of:
- CS 1800 — Discrete Structures
- MATH 1365 — Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning
- MATH 1465 — Intensive Mathematical Reasoning
All of:
- CS 2000 — Introduction to Program Design and Implementation
- CS 2001 — Lab for CS 2000
All of:
- CS 2100 — Program Design and Implementation 1
- CS 2101 — Lab for CS 2100

Computer Science Required Courses

All of:
- CS 2700 — Data Structures and Analysis
- CS 2701 — Lab for CS 2700
CS 3000 — Algorithms and Data
All of:
- CS 3100 — Program Design and Implementation 2
- CS 3101 — Lab for CS 3100
CS 3650 — Computer Systems
CS 3800 — Theory of Computation
One of:
- CS 4700 — Network Fundamentals
- CS 4730 — Distributed Systems
DS 3000 — Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence

Presentation Requirement

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:

One of:
- COMM 1112 — Public Speaking
- COMM 1113 — Business and Professional Speaking
- COMM 1210 — Persuasion and Rhetoric
- COMM 1511 — Communication and Storytelling
- THTR 1125 — Improvisation
- THTR 1130 — Introduction to Acting
- THTR 1180 — Dynamic Presence: Theatre Training for Effective Interpersonal Interactions
- THTR 2345 — Acting for the Camera

Cybersecurity Required Courses

CY 2550 — Foundations of Cybersecurity
CY 3740 — Systems Security
CY 4740 — Network Security
One of:
- CY 4770 — Foundations of Cryptography
- CY 4775 — Applied Cryptography
CY 4930 — Cybersecurity Capstone

Cybersecurity and Social Issues Elective List

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:

One of:
- COMM 2551 — Free Speech in Cyberspace
- CRIM 4040 — Crime Prevention
- LPSC 1101 — Introduction to Law
- LPSC 2301 — Introduction to Law, Policy, and Society
- LPSC 3303 — Topics in Law and Public Policy
- POLS 2390 — Science, Technology, and Public Policy
- POLS 3307 — Public Policy and Administration
- POLS 3324 — Law and Society
- POLS 3406 — International Law
- POLS 3420 — U.S. National Security Policy
- POLS 3423 — Terrorism and Counterterrorism

Khoury Approved Electives

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours from within the following options:
With advisor approval, directed study, research, project study, and appropriate graduate-level courses may also be taken as upper-division electives.
CS 2300 or higher, except CS 5010
CY 2000 or higher
DS 2500 or higher, except DS 4900

Choose 4 semester hours from:
- Any CS course numbered 2300–9999 (except CS 5010)
- Any CY course numbered 2000–9999
- Any DS course numbered 2500–9999 (except DS 4900)
- EECE 2160 — Embedded Design: Enabling Robotics
- All of:
  - EECE 2322 — Fundamentals of Digital Design and Computer Organization
  - EECE 2323 — Lab for EECE 2322
- MKTG 4606 — Digital, Analytics, Technology, and Automation Research Practicum

Law Requirement

One of:
- CY 4170 — The Law, Ethics, and Policy of Data and Digital Technologies
- CY 5240 — Cyberlaw: Privacy, Ethics, and Digital Rights

Cybersecurity Electives

From the catalog
If courses require prerequisites, those should be taken using general electives.
Complete four courses from the following:

Choose 16 semester hours from:
- COMM 2551 — Free Speech in Cyberspace
- CRIM 4040 — Crime Prevention
- CS 2800 — Logic and Computation
- CS 4400 — Programming Languages
- One of:
  - CS 4500 — Software Development
  - CS 4530 — Fundamentals of Software Engineering
- CS 4700 — Network Fundamentals
- CS 4730 — Distributed Systems
- CY 4100 — AI Security and Privacy
- CY 4760 — Security of Wireless and Mobile Systems
- CY 4770 — Foundations of Cryptography
- CY 4775 — Applied Cryptography
- CY 5200 — Security Risk Management and Assessment
- CY 5210 — Information System Forensics
- DS 4300 — Large-Scale Information Storage and Retrieval
- DS 4400 — Machine Learning
- EECE 3324 — Computer Architecture and Organization
- All of:
  - EECE 4534 — Microprocessor-Based Design
  - EECE 4535 — Lab for EECE 4534
- LPSC 1101 — Introduction to Law
- LPSC 2301 — Introduction to Law, Policy, and Society
- LPSC 3303 — Topics in Law and Public Policy
- MATH 3527 — Number Theory 1
- MISM 2301 — Introduction to Information Systems and Digital Technologies
- POLS 2390 — Science, Technology, and Public Policy
- POLS 3307 — Public Policy and Administration
- POLS 3324 — Law and Society
- POLS 3406 — International Law
- POLS 3420 — U.S. National Security Policy
- POLS 3423 — Terrorism and Counterterrorism

Supporting Courses

MATH 1341 — Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering

College Writing

ENGW 1111 — First-Year Writing

Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

One of:
- ENGW 3302 — Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions
- ENGW 3315 — Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

Plus 24 semester hours of general electives.

Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under cybersecurity-bs-boston, and the official page is the authority.