MS HSS Cybersecurity courses

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Students who are enrolled in the Cybersecurity concentration are required to take the core MS HSS graduate-level courses (12 credit hours total) and 18 credit hours of graduate courses specifically designed for students who are enrolled in the Cybersecurity concentration:

1. CIT 552: Cybersecurity Fundamentals (3 credit hours)
2. CIT 554: Operating Systems for Cybersecurity (3 credit hours)
3. CIT 556: Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing (3 credit hours)
4. CIT 558: Cybersecurity Defense & Countermeasures (3 credit hours)
5. CIT 560: Incident Response & Digital Forensics (3 credit hours)
6. CIT 562: Developing Cybersecurity Programs and Policies   (3 credit hours) 

Depending upon available teaching resources, we may substitute other, related Cybersecurity courses for these electives.

Please contact Dr. Ivan Novikov, Program Coordinator, (ivan.novikov@wku.edu) for more information.