George Mason University

Bachelor of Applied Science in Cyber Security

Degree Requirements

Total credits: 120-126

In addition to satisfying all Mason Core requirements, students must satisfy the requirements for one of the eight concentrations.

This concentration is in collaboration with the College of Engineering and Computing and is only available to students who graduate with an AAS degree in Cyber Security from a partner school.

Students must have a C or better in any course that satisfies a prerequisite for an IT course. To graduate with the BAS with a Cyber Security concentration, students must have a C or better in their core, concentration, and technical focus courses.

Core Requirements

• BAS 300 Building Professional Competencies 3
• BAS 490 Introduction to Research Methods 3 or BAS 492 Capstone Development
• BAS 491 Applied Sciences Capstone (Mason Core) 3 or BAS 493 BAS Capstone

Concentration Requirements

• IT 104 Introduction to Computing (Mason Core) 3
• IT 105 IT Architecture Fundamentals 3
• IT 223 Information Security Fundamentals 3
• IT 304 IT in the Global Economy 3
• IT 343 IT Project Management (Fulfills writing intensive requirement) 3
• IT 353 Information Defense Technologies 3
• IT 357 Computer Crime, Forensics, and Auditing 3
• IT 429 Security Accreditation of Information Systems 3

IT & Cyber Security Transfer Courses 21-36

Specific courses taken at the community college fulfill this requirement. Students should consult with their advisors. The credits awarded vary, depending on coursework taken at the community college.

Technical Focus

Select 15 credit hours of required IT, MBUS, MIS, or other approved coursework from the following. Courses not listed here may be selected in consultation with the advisor. Not all Technical Focus courses listed here are offered online. Students pursuing CYBS online should meet with their advisor to select courses that are offered online. Note: Enrolled undergraduate students who are not declared in a School of Business major are limited to 9 credits of MIS courses. 15

• IT 369 Data and Application Security
• IT 425 Election Security
• IT 442 Cloud Infrastructure
• IT 451 Cloud Services Management
• IT 462 Applied Cyber Threat Analysis
• IT 481 Cloud Security
• IT 499 Special Topics in Information Technology
• MBUS 300 Accounting in a Global Economy
• MBUS 304 Entrepreneurship: Starting and Managing a New Enterprise
• MBUS 305 Introduction to International Business (Mason Core)
• MBUS 306 Managing Projects and Operations
• MBUS 308 Corporate Finance and Investments in a Global Economy
• MGMT 303 Principles of Management
• MIS 303 Introduction to Business Information Systems (Mason Core)
• MIS 310 Database Management Systems
• MIS 320 Networks and Security
• MIS 330 Systems Analysis and Design
• MIS 341 Cloud Computing Essentials
• MIS 441 Cloud System Management
• MKTG 303 Principles of Marketing
• HAP 318 Introduction to IT Methods for Healthcare
• HAP 360 Introduction to Health Information Systems
• COMM 320 Business and Professional Communication
• CRIM 310 Introduction to the Intelligence Community
• CRIM 312 Intelligence Analysis Techniques
• CRIM 350 Counterintelligence

Total Credits 69-84

Electives (variable)

All BAS students are required to complete a minimum of 120 credit hours of coursework. Students will work with their advisors to determine how to fulfill their outstanding credit hours to ensure they have met all major and university requirements. The number of elective credits that a BAS student may have available will vary by concentration and the amount of applicable transfer coursework the student has been awarded.

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