Cybersecurity Certificate

Xiang Guo, Graduate Program Director
Glass Hall, Room 359, Phone: 417-836-4131
Email: Cybersecurity@MissouriState.edu
Website: ITC.MissouriState.edu

Program Description

The Cybersecurity Graduate Certificate program provides a 12 hours graduate-level experience in the field of cybersecurity. The program provides hands on labs to teach cybersecurity professionals how to secure and defend information systems from malicious attackers. Senior level security professionals working in retail, healthcare, military, and educational settings have curated the security curriculum to ensure immediately
applicability.

Entrance Criteria

Candidates for the certificate program must be admitted to the University as a graduate student. The candidate should have a bachelor’s degree and meet minimum admission criteria for the Master of Business Administration program. All course work must be approved by the COB Graduate Program Director.

Required Courses - Credit Hours: 12

Choose any 3 of the following after ITC 760 Foundations of Cybersecurity:

ITC 760 - Foundations of Cybersecurity
ITC 663 - Telecommunications and Network Security
ITC 664 - Ethical Hacking and Incident Response
ITC 762 - Legal Issues in Cybersecurity
ITC 765 - Computer Forensics
ITC 766 - Web Application Security
ITC 767 - Management of Information Security
3 credits of ITC 797 - Special Topics Requires permission of the Department Head.

GPA Requirement

Attain a grade point average of at least 3.00 on all graduate work utilized in the certificate program that includes Missouri State University and transfer courses.