Course requirements for the Certificate in CYBERSECURITY AND pRIVACY: The undergraduate certificate program in Cybersecurity and Privacy requires 18-20 hours of coursework, with 8 hours of core courses and 10-12 hours of electives. All courses used to satisfy the certificate requirement must be completed in residence and passed with a grade of "C" or better. Core courses (complete ALL the courses below) Course Description Semester hours CSCI 4250/6250 or CSCI 4260/6260 Cyber Security or Data Security and Privacy 4 4 CSCI 4730/6730 or CSCI 4760/6760 Operating Systems or Computer Networks 4 4 Elective Course (choose THREE from the list below) Course Description Semester hours CSCI 4250/6250 Cyber Security 4 CSCI 4260/6260 Data Security and Privacy 4 CSCI 4270/6270 Introduction to Computer Forensics 4 CSCI 4730/6730 Operating Systems 4 CSCI 4780/6780 Distributed Computing Systems 4 CSCI 4960* Faculty Mentored Reseach in Computer Science 1-4 (variable) MATH 4450/6450 Cryptology and Computational Number Theory 3 MIST 5775/7775** Cyber Threat Intelligence 3 Total Semester hours 18 - 20 Suggested three-semester schedule: Semester Systems Security focus Network Security & Privacy focus 1st (4 hours) CSCI4730 Operating Systems (4) CSCI4760 Computer Network (4) 2nd (8 hours) CSCI4250 Cybersecurity (4) CSCI4260 Data Security and Privacy (4) CSCI4250 Cybersecurity (4) CSCI4260 Data Security and Privacy (4) 3rd (6~8 hours) CSCI4270 Intro to Computer Forensics (4) (Choose 1 among) CSCI4780 Distributed Computing Systems (4) CSCI4960* Faculty-mentored Research (3-4) MIST5775 Cyber Threat Intelligence (3) (Choose 1 among) MATH4450 Cryptology and Computational Number Theory (4) CSCI4270 Intro to Computer Forensics (4) CSCI4960* Faculty-mentored Research (3-4) Suggested four-semester schedule: Semester Systems Security focus Network Security & Privacy focus 1st (4 hours) CSCI4730 Operating Systems (4) CSCI4760 Computer Network (4) 2nd (4 hours) CSCI4250 Cybersecurity (4) CSCI4250 Cybersecurity (4) 3rd (7~8 hours) CSCI4260 Data Security and Privacy (4) CSCI4270 Intro to Computer Forensics (4) CSCI4260 Data Security and Privacy MIST5775 Cyber Threat Intelligence 4th (3~4 hours) (Choose 1 among) CSCI4780 Distributed Computing Systems (4) CSCI4960* Faculty-mentored Research (3-4) (Choose 1 among) MATH4450 Cryptology and Computational Number Theory (4) CSCI4270 Intro to Computer Forensics (4) CSCI4960* Faculty-mentored Research (3-4 NOTE: Students are strongly encouraged to take both CSCI 4250 Cybersecurity and CSCI 4260 Data Security and Privacy (one of them to satisfy core requirements, and one as elective). For DoubleDawgs students: Students who enroll in the DoubleDawgs program in Cybersecurity and Privacy will be able to take the 6000-level version of CSCI 4730, CSCI 4760, CSCI 4250 and CSCI 4260 to satisfy both the undergraduate certificate requirements and the DoubleDawgs program requirements. *Note on CSCI 4960: Students who enroll in CSCI 4960 are strongly encouraged to participate in UGA’s CURO program and related CURO symposium: https://curo.uga.edu. **Note on MIST 5775/7775: This elective is for MIS majors only. How to apply for the Cybersecurity and Privacy Certificate: You can apply for the certificate through Athena.
