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These program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2023-2024 academic year.
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Cyber Operations
Graduate CertificateThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2023-2024 academic year.
With an online graduate certificate in cyber operations from University of Maryland Global Campus, you'll learn the essential aspects of cyber operations, risk analysis, cyber defense, and cryptography. You'll also learn how to build defenses as an integral part of a computing system and how to detect and defend against vulnerabilities and intrusions on a variety of platforms.
Program Highlights
- Prepare for success: Refine your skills in communication, critical thinking, and quantitative reasoning.
- Perform risk assessment: Identify a risk to an organization and facilitate appropriate responses.
- Identify intrusion methods: Investigate digital artifacts for the presence of malware and malicious code.
- Meet security goals: Design systems based on security design principles and add layers of protection.
- Analyze security controls: Use defense-in-depth approaches to minimize risk in an enterprise setting.
- Gain hands-on experience: Practice skills associated with the cyber threat kill chain.
Required Courses
- (6 Credits, DCL 600T)
- (6 Credits, COP 610)
- (6 Credits, COP 620)
Career Preparation
This program is designed to help you prepare for a career as a cyber defense analyst, forensics analyst, or incident responder; cyber operator; or secure software assessor.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
Ideally, you should have recently completed an undergraduate degree in computer science or a related discipline. You are expected to be familiar with cybersecurity and computer science concepts and be comfortable developing code in at least one programming language.
Experience performing cybersecurity tasks in a work environment would enhance the learning experience, as well as experience in information technology, computer networks, or cybersecurity. Strong writing skills are encouraged in this program.
Total Program Credits
18
Transfer Credits
Exactly 6
Format
- All courses available online
Tuition Per Credit
- $524 per credit (in-state)
- $659 per credit (out-of-state)
- $480 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
Cybersecurity Technology
Master of ScienceThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2023-2024 academic year.
In online master’s program in cybersecurity technology at University of Maryland Global Campus, you’ll develop cybersecurity strategies using interpersonal and leadership skills as part of a diverse and multidisciplinary cybersecurity team to build, configure, monitor, maintain, and secure cybersecurity technology environments and operations. Learn how cybersecurity technology underpins the success of organizations. The program offers a wide perspective of the field, providing the understanding of cybersecurity technology needed while balancing the use of people, policy, and technology in shaping the future of cybersecurity.
Program Highlights
- Think strategically: Develop strategies for mobile, cloud, and emerging environments such as the Internet of Things (IoT).
- Rely on data: Enable organizations to make better business decisions through reliable data analytics and intelligence.
- Develop soft skills: Understand how to analyze, think critically, and improve perpetually.
- Learn through practice: Perform ethical hacking, penetration testing, and vulnerability assessments.
- Build systems: Build and develop resilient and highly fault-tolerant technology environments.
- Use tools: Use protocol analyzers, intrusion detection systems, intrusion prevention systems, network mapping tools, and more.
Required Courses
Core Courses
- (6 Credits, CST 610)
- (6 Credits, CST 620)
- (6 Credits, CST 630)
- (6 Credits, CST 640)
Capstone Course
- (6 Credits, CYB 670)
Career Preparation
This program is designed to help prepare you to develop mission-focused digital strategies for organizations. Potential career fields include cybersecurity and technology architecture, information security, cybersecurity analysis and engineering, board advising, and cybersecurity consulting.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
You are expected to have a strong understanding of information technology, computer networks, databases, and the internet.
Total Program Credits
30
Transfer Credits
Up to 12
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $694 per credit (in-state)
- $694 per credit (out-of-state)
- $480 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.