Undergraduate Courses Foundation Courses

**This course can be transferred into if students have current security+ certificate.

• MATH 244 - Discrete Structures
• IASP 221 - LINUX Administration
• IASP 230 - Introduction to Cybersecurity **

Major Courses

• IASP 330 - Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity
• CISC 335 - Computer Networks
• CISC 337 - Database Management Systems
• IASP 355 - Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking
• CISC 385 - Cryptography and Computer Security
• IASP 340 - Security Policy and Procedures
• IASP 420 - Network Security
• IASP 430 - Digital Forensics
• IASP 455 - Secure and Intelligent Programming
• IASP 470 - Capstone: System Security (cc)

Open Elective

• Any four graduate courses

Graduate Courses

Students should not take any graduate level courses until they have completed 60 credits and maintained a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 each semester at Mercy College. Students are encouraged to discuss with their academic advisors or program heads about suitable graduate course selection. Please refer to the graduate catalog for course descriptions.

Any six of the following at most

• IASP 500 - Topics in Information Security
• IASP 505 - Foundations of Cybersecurity Sciences
• IASP 510 - Social Implications of Information Security
• IASP 520 - Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
• IASP 525 - Database Security
• IASP 530 - Forensic Computing
• IASP 540 - Information Assurance and Management
• IASP 550 - Intrusion Detection and Prevention
• IASP 555 - Mobile Technologies and Wireless Sensor Services
• IASP 560 - Wireless Network and Security
• IASP 565 - Internet Social Media and Security
• IASP 580 - IT Security Audit and Compliance
• IASP 585 - Applied Cryptography

Note(s)

*CISC 131 , CISC 231 , MATH 116  (or MATH 115 ) and MATH 120 /CISC 120 , MATH 122 , MATH 201  are Prerequisites for the major and must be used to fulfill general education requirement

*These courses fulfill part of the General Education requirements. The total of major concentration is 16 courses or 48 credits.

Mercy College’s 15-credit residency requirement in the major concentrations of cybersecurity must be satisfied by courses numbered 200 or above.

*These courses fulfill part of the General Education requirements. The total of major concentration is 16 courses or 48 credits.

**This course can be transferred into if students have current security+ certificate.

^†Students should not take any graduate level courses until they have completed 60 credits and maintained a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 each semester at Mercy College. Students are encouraged to discuss with their academic advisors or program director about suitable graduate course selection.

1. Freshman students should apply for B.S. in cybersecurity first and B.S./M.S. dual degree upon completion of the 51 credits General Education requirement and completion of at least 15 credits in their major field of study with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above. Students need to apply to the dual degree program through the Admissions Office.
2. Transferred students without Associate degree to B.S. in cybersecurity may apply for B.S./M.S. dual degree upon completion of the 51 credits General Education requirement and completion of at least 15 credits in their major field of study. 30 credits must be taken in residency at Mercy College with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above. Students need apply to the dual degree program through the Admissions Office.
3. To remain in the dual program, students must maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 each semester at Mercy College. Students may not take any graduate level courses until they have completed 60 credits and have an approval from program director.
4. Students are allowed to take up to 4 graduate courses in Cybersecurity before their BS degree is earned. At most 4 graduate courses are used for both the BS and MS degree requirements. Any graduate courses earned more than 4 maximum are not counted for any degree requirements.
5. Upon completion of the B.S. degree requirements, dual degree students should apply for the B.S degree and contact the Admissions Office to apply for the M.S. degree. Subsequently, students can take the fifth and more graduate courses.