Suggested Cybersecurity (CIS) Four-Year Academic Plan

Students should use Academic Planning on the mySXU portal to schedule courses and track degree progress, following consultation with their academic advisor.

Please consult with your academic advisor prior to course selection.

Freshman	Fall	Credit Hours	Spring	Credit Hours
Courses required in the major are in bold	TS 100: Transitions FYS 175: First Year Seminar ENGL 120: Rhetoric and Writing MATH 099/112 (or any Math at 100 Level) CMPSC 112: Survey of Computer Science	1 3 3 3 3	CMPSC 222: Visual Data PHIL 140: The Examined Life General Education Social Science COMM 101: Speech Fundamentals General Elective	3 3 3 3 3
Sophomore	Fall	Credit Hours	Spring	Credit Hours
Courses required in the major are in bold	CMPSC 206: Web Applications I CMPSC 255: Intro to Networks General Education History General Education Fine Arts or Literature General Elective	3 3 3 3 3	CMPSC 126: Business Programming CMPSC 281: Cybersecurity I CMPSC Elective General Education Physical Science with lab General Education Arts and Humanities	4 3 3 3 3
Junior	Fall	Credit Hours	Spring	Credit Hours
Courses required in the major are in the bold	CMPSC 235: Systems Analysis and Design CMPSC 282: Cybersecurity II General Education History or Social Science General Education Biological Science with lab Humanities Elective	3 3 3 3 3	CMPSC 256: Operating Systems for Practitioners CMPSC 309: Issues in Computing CMPSC 265: Network Security Humanities Elective General Elective	3 3 3 3 3
Senior	Fall	Credit Hours	Spring	Credit Hours
Courses required in the major are in the bold	CMPSC 321: Database Theory CMPSC 285: Digital Forensics General Education Diversity Studies General Elective General Elective	4 3 3 3 3	CMPSC 395: CIS Capstone General Education Global Studies General Elective General Elective General Elective	3 3 3 3 3