Overview

University of Maryland Global Campus was named a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance and Cyber Defense Education by the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security.1 Our cyber security students frequently take first place in cyber competitions, and our graduates are often recruited by top firms and agencies they've met through the program.

The programme

We've developed our Cybersecurity Management and Policy degree in conjunction with top employers to be relevant to your career growth. Industry experts consult on emerging topics, our faculty lend their extensive field experience, and an advisory board of senior executives ensure that you'll train for the highest level of information assurance.

You'll also get plenty of opportunities to interact with employers via frequent guest speakers, recruitment activities, and networking events. You'll learn the techniques, policies, operational procedures, and technologies that secure and defend information systems in local and more broadly based domains.Courses include ethics in information technology, security policy analysis, network security, practical applications in cyber security management, and emerging technologies.

Through your coursework, you will learn how to:

Protect an organization's critical information and assets by ethically integrating cyber security best practices and risk management through enterprise

Integrate continuous monitoring and real-time security solutions with information collection, collaboration, and analysis capabilities

Improve cyber security situational awareness and deployment of countermeasures in industry and government

Evaluate and assess the use of technology to support cyber security goals and objectives

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

Formulate, update, and communicate short- and long-term organizational cyber security strategies and policies

Programme Structure

Courses Include:

Finite Mathematics

Concepts and Applications of Information Technology
Economics in the Information Age

Technology in Contemporary Society

Cybersecurity

Ethics in Information Technology

Physical Science

Technological Transformations

Networking

Media and Society

Advanced Technical Writing

Digital Forensics in the Criminal Justice System

Information System Security

Security Policy Analysis

Security Policy Implementation

Network Security

Advanced Information Systems Security

Evaluating Emerging Technologies

Practical Applications in Cybersecurity Management

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

More details

The university offers multiple sessions each semester, so you can fit one or more courses into your life every fall, spring, and summer.

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Maryland City, United States

Disciplines

Management Studies Cyber Security View 115 other Bachelors in Cyber Security 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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General requirements

Secondary education (high school graduation): If you have earned fewer than 24 transferable credits at a U.S. college or university, you must verify your completion of the equivalent of a U.S. secondary education by doing one of the following:

Requesting an evaluation from an approved international credit evaluation service

Providing official transcripts showing completion of the U.S. General Education Development, known as the GED, exam with a passing score

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

14970 USD / year

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Out-of-State

14970 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

9900 USD / year

≈ 9900 USD / year

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The programme

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

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Funding

Scholarships Information

Available Scholarships

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