Cybersecurity

Program Learning Outcomes

Certificate

  1. Students will apply industry best practices to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of computer networks.
  2. Students will be able to install and configure a Linux based network system.
  3. Students will be able to secure a computer network and its users from cyber attacks such as, password phishing attacks, social engineering attacks, and malware attacks.
Associate of Applied Science
  1. Students will apply industry best practices to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of computer networks.
  2. Students will be able to install and configure a Linux based network system.
  3. Students will be able to secure a computer network and its users from cyber attacks such as, password phishing attacks, social engineering attacks, and malware attacks.
  4. Students will be able to assess the existing security plan in a local area network and individual network hosts and conduct an audit based on acceptable security practices.
  5. Students will be able to develop information security policies for a wireless network.

Advisory Committee Members

Rick Mendoza, Information Security Officer, City of McAllen
Ray Mendoza, Owner, Mendoza Technologies
Jose Pena, IT Director, City of Pharr
Alex Velasquez, Security Manager, City of Pharr
Fernando Mercado, Network Supervisor, La Joya ISD

Occupational Skills Award

Certificate

Associate Degree

Cybersecurity Technician Occupational Skills Award

TSI Exempt

Plan of Study Grid
FallCredit Hours
ITSY 2400 Operating System Security 4
ITSY 1400 Fundamentals of Information Security 4
ITNW 1416 Network Administration 4
 Credit Hours12
 Total Credit Hours12

Cybersecurity Specialist Certificate

TSI Exempt

Plan of Study Grid
FallCredit Hours
ITSY 2400 Operating System Security 4
ITSE 2421 Object-Oriented Programming 4
ITSY 1400 Fundamentals of Information Security 4
ITNW 1416 Network Administration 4
 Credit Hours16
Spring
ITSC 1416 Linux Installation and Configuration 4
ITSY 2445 Network Defense and Countermeasures 1 4
ITSY 2442 Incident Response and Handling 4
ITNW 1453 Supporting Network Server Infrastructure 4
 Credit Hours16
 Total Credit Hours32
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Capstone: Successfully passing ITSY 2445 Network Defense and Countermeasures.

Cybersecurity Specialist Associate of Applied Science

TSI Liable

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
FallCredit Hours
ITSY 2400 Operating System Security 4
ITSE 2421 Object-Oriented Programming 4
ITSY 1400 Fundamentals of Information Security 4
ITNW 1416 Network Administration 4
 Credit Hours16
Spring
ITSC 1416 Linux Installation and Configuration 4
ITSY 2445 Network Defense and Countermeasures 4
ITSY 2442 Incident Response and Handling 4
ITNW 1453 Supporting Network Server Infrastructure 4
 Credit Hours16
Summer
PHIL 2306 Introduction to Ethics 1 3
 Credit Hours3
Second Year
Fall
SPCH 1318 Interpersonal Communications 1 3
Social and Behavioral Sciences Elective 1 3
ITSY 2459 Security Assessment and Auditing 4
ITSY 2443 Computer System Forensics 4
 Credit Hours14
Spring
ENGL 1301 Composition I 1 3
MATH 1332
or MATH 1414
 Contemporary Mathematics 1
or College Algebra
 3
ITSY 2401 Firewalls and Network Security Design 4
ITSC 2166 Capstone: Cybersecurity Practicum 1
 Credit Hours11
 Total Credit Hours60
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Identifies courses to fulfill minimum 15 credit hour general education requirement.