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.

View the suggested four-year academic plan for the major (courses required in the major are in bold).

Please consult with your academic advisor prior to course selection.

*Requirement may change for transfer students. Consult your academic advisor for more information.

Freshman	Fall	Credit Hours	Spring	Credit Hours
Courses required in the major are in bold	TS 100: Transitions RELST 202: Theological Foundations* 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