Computing and Information Technology: Cyber Security-Network Security, AAS

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CODE: CITCSNSAAS | TOTAL CREDITS: 60 | FINANCIAL AID ELIGIBILITY: Eligible

This degree is not intended for transfer to UNLV, UNR, or NSU. Some of the courses may be eligible for transfer depending on the policies of the institution you are transferring to. Students who wish to transfer should consult with their assigned advising unit.

ACADEMIC MAP: Map: CSN AAS Computing and Information Technology: Cyber Security-Network Security

SCHOOL: School of Advanced and Applied Technologies

DEPARTMENT: Department of Computing and Information Technology

AREA OF STUDY: Computing & Engineering Technology

DESCRIPTION

This degree provides students with the necessary education and skills required by today’s Network Security specialists. Instruction includes courses on server/client centric security issues as well as router/switch centric security issues. It provides students with a wide array of training in various functional areas related to network security. Completion of this course of study prepares students for successful completion of a number of industry certification exams such as CompTia Security+, Cisco CCNA: Security, and others.

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Student Learning Outcomes

Evaluate computer hardware and software.
Develop organization security policies.
Explain how to use networking tools and devices to detect and mitigate security attacks.
Manage the security of a network system.
Manage a networking project.

General Education Requirements

TOTAL GENERAL EDUCATION CREDITS: 23

300-level and above courses cannot be used to satisfy GE requirements.

Mathematics (3 Credits)

^{NOTE: Your first college-level MATH course MUST be completed before reaching 30 total college-level credits.}

ET 111B - Mathematics for Electronics Applications
or MATH 116 - Technical Mathematics or above (except MATH 122 and MATH 123)

English Composition (3-5 Credits)

^{NOTE: Your first college-level ENG course MUST be completed before reaching 30 total college-level credits.}

Recommended: ENG 107.

Communications (3 Credits)

Strongly Recommended: COM 115.

Human Relations (3 Credits)

Natural Science (4 Credits)

Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Science (3 Credits)

any AM prefix course
or any ANTH prefix course (except ANTH 102 and ANTH 110L)
or any ART prefix course
or any COM prefix course
or any ECON prefix course
or ENG 223 - Themes of Literature or above
or GEOG 106 - Introduction to Cultural Geography
or GRC 103 - Introduction to Computer Graphics
or any HIST prefix course
or any MUS prefix course (except MUS 100)
or any PHIL prefix course
or any PSC prefix course
or any PSY prefix course
or any SOC prefix course
or any THTR prefix course (except THTR 275)
or VID 110 - Videography and Film I
or WMST 113 - Gender, Race, and Class
or World Languages 101B or above course (includes the following course prefixes: ARA, ARM, CHI, FIL, FREN, GER, GRE, ITAL, JPN, KOR, LAT, PORT, RUS, SPAN, and THAI)

U.S. and Nevada Constitutions (4-6 Credits)

Four Credit Options
HIST 100 - Historical Issues and Contemporary Society
or PSC 101 - Introduction to American Politics
Six Credit Options
HIST 101 - U.S. History to 1877
and HIST 102 - U.S. History Since 1877
or
HIST 101 - U.S. History to 1877
and HIST 217 - Nevada History

Major Requirements

TOTAL MAJOR REQUIREMENTS CREDITS: 37

Grades of D+, D, and D- in the major requirements (occupational) area in an Associate of Applied Science degree program will not count toward graduation requirements.

Core Requirements (24 Credits)

CIT 112 - Network+
and CIT 173 - Introduction to Linux
and CSCO 120 - CCNA - Introduction to Networks
and CSCO 121 - CCNA Switching, Routing, and Wireless Essentials
and CSCO 230B - Security Operations Center Fundamentals
and CSEC 281B - Ethical Hacking
and CSEC 290B - Security Capstone

Digital Literacy Requirement (0-3 Credits)

Security Elective (3 Credits)

^{Choose one 3-credit course from the following options:}

CSCO Elective (3-4 Credits)

^{Choose one of the following course options. Please note: It is preferred the student complete CSCO 105B.}

Cyber Security Networking Group Elective (7-9 Credits)

^{Choose one group of courses from the following options below.}

Group #1 - General Cyber Security Network Security (7 Credits)
CIT 126 - Cloud Computing Fundamentals
and CSEC 114B - Introduction to Applied Network Forensics
or
Group #2 - Cyber Security Network Industrial Security (9 Credits)
AIT 280 - ICS & SCADA Communication Essentials
and AIT 281 - ICS & SCADA Security Essentials
and MT 115B - Industrial & Materials Handling Automation