Cyber Criminology

Cyber Criminology Major

Requirements

To graduate with a major in cyber criminology, students must complete 52 hours through the following required coursework.

Prerequisite Courses (13 hours)

  • MAC1105 College Algebra
  • MAC1140 Precalculus
  • MAC1114 Trigonometry
  • MAC 2311 Calculus I

Criminology Courses

Required Courses (12 hours)

  • CCJ 3011 Criminology
  • CCJ 4700 Introduction to Research Methods in Criminology
  • CCJ 2020 Introduction to Criminal Justice
  • CJE 3110 Law Enforcement

Elective Courses (9 hours)

  • CCJ 3644 White Collar Crime
  • CCJ 3666 Victimology
  • CCJ 4497 Criminal Justice and Public Policy
  • CCJ 4614 Criminal and Delinquent Behavior
  • CJC 3010 Corrections
  • CJE 4610 Crime Detection and Investigation
  • CJJ 4010 Juvenile Justice
  • CJL 3510 Courts
  • CJL 4064 Individual Rights and the Criminal Justice System

Capstone Course (3 hours)

  • CCJ 4938: Criminal Justice System Responses to Cybercrime
    (This capstone course is offered only in the Spring semester.)

Computer Science Courses

Required Courses (13 hours)

  • CIS 4360 Introduction to Computer Security (Prerequisite: COP 3014 or equivalent programming course. Prerequisite is COP 3330.)
  • COP 3014 Programming I
  • COP 3330 Object Oriented Programming
  • COP 3353 (1 hour) Introduction to Unix
  • MAD 2104 Discrete Math I

Elective Courses (12 hours)

  • CDA 3100 Computer Organization I (Co-requisite COP 3330.)
  • CDA 3101 Computer Organization II
  • CEN 4020 Software Engineering I (Prerequisite is COP 4530 Data Structures.)
  • CIS 4250: Ethics and Computer Science
  • CIS 4361 Applied Computer Security
  • CNT 4406 Network Security and Cryptography (Prerequisites: CDA 3100. Unrelated to CDA 3100. Co-requisite COP 4530.)
  • CNT 4504 Introduction to Computer Networks
  • CNT 4603 Computer and Network System Administration
  • COP 3252 Advanced Programming with Java (Prerequisite is COP 3330.)
  • COP 4020 Programming Languages (Corequisite is COP 4530.)
  • COP 4342 Unix Tools
  • COP 4530 Data Structures, Algorithms, and Generic Programming
  • COP 4610 Operating Systems and Concurrent Programming
  • COP 4710 Theory and Structure of Databases

Capstone Course (3 hours)