Overview

This Cybersecurity major in Cybersecurity at Old Dominion University is offered through the College of Arts & Letters at Old Dominion University. The highly interdisciplinary program offers a four-year, 120-hour curriculum focused on the subject of cybersecurity and provides opportunities for students to integrate education and training with the application of problem-solving skills in the lab environment.

The learning objectives of this curriculum are:

Discover, analyze, and comprehend the effects of cybersecurity vulnerabilities in cyber physical systems.

Determine solutions for the different cybersecurity vulnerabilities in early stage to prevent them from escalating to become threats.

Identify the existing attack vectors and the required mitigation actions.

Have good understanding of the techniques to protect or destruct both classified and unclassified data.

Protect an organization's critical information and assets by ethically integrating cybersecurity risk management and business continuity best practices throughout an enterprise.

A good understanding of the information security triad and applying that to an organization.

Implement continuous network monitoring and provide real-time security solutions.

Analyze advanced persistent threats and deploy countermeasures and conduct risk and vulnerability assessments of planned and installed information systems.

Participate in forensic analysis of cyber incidents and assist in recovery of operations.

Formulate, update, and communicate short- and long-term organizational cybersecurity strategies and policies.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Philosophy

Criminal justice

Computer engineering

Computer science

Engineering management

Information technology

Modeling and simulation engineering

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-11 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-01 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-15 00:00:00 , International

More details

Nationals: February 1 (rolling). Applications received after the published deadlines will be evaluated on a rolling basis.

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus, Online

Campus Location

Norfolk, United States

Disciplines

Computer Sciences Web Technologies & Cloud Computing Cyber Security View 212 other Bachelors in Web Technologies & Cloud Computing in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Application and $50 fee
All prior Secondary/High School or College/University transcripts along with Diploma or Leaving Certificate.
Demonstrated English Language Proficiency
Financial Documentation (seeking F/J visas only)
Passport identification page, if avaliable
SAT/ACT standardized exams are optional, though highly recommended

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

28620 USD / year

≈ 28620 USD / year
Out-of-State

28620 USD / year

≈ 28620 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

8040 USD / year

≈ 8040 USD / year

Living costs

Norfolk

United States

1100 - 1900 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Overview

The learning objectives of this curriculum are:

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

Norfolk

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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