Program Learning Outcomes for the Cyber Security Program
Program learning outcomes are the knowledge, skills, and abilities that students will achieve before they graduate. The outcomes below were developed by the faculty in Cyber Security with input from accrediting bodies, advisory committees, employers, etc. This collaboration ensures that the outcomes are relevant for careers that this degree leads to.
Students who graduate with an AAS in Cyber Security will be able to:
- Apply fundamental cloud concepts.
- Design, develop, and implement database solutions to solve complex problems.
- Design, develop, and implement programming techniques to solve complex problems.
- Demonstrate professional conduct including collaborative teamwork and effective communication.
- Administer networks and network services.
- Analyze the ethical, legal and regulatory impact of computer systems on organizations, society, and the individual.
- Identify risks, assess threats, and develop solutions to protect computer assets and data.
Students who graduate with a BAS in Cyber Security will also be able to:
- Protect an organization's critical information and assets by ethically integrating cybersecurity risk management and business continuity best practices throughout an enterprise
- Implement continuous network monitoring and provide real-time security solutions.
- Analyze advanced persistent threats and deploy countermeasures and conduct risk and vulnerability assessments of planned and installed information systems.
- Formulate, update, and communicate short- and long-term organizational cybersecurity strategies and policies.
