BS in Cybersecurity

Why Pursue Your Cybersecurity Major at Sacred Heart?

You’ll gain hands-on experience backed by traditional lecture-based teaching, while focusing your studies in the areas of cybersecurity that are the most sought-after in the job market: cyber operations and cyber defense.

As a Cybersecurity major, you’ll learn the critical knowledge and skills that will enable you to keep information and communication systems and their data safe, secure, and resilient against modern attacks. 

In the BS in Cybersecurity program, you will also:

• Gain a computing-based foundation in mathematics and computer science programming that covers a broad range of concepts applicable to a range of cybersecurity specializations
• Advance your studies with core computer science and cybersecurity courses that emphasize hands-on laboratory experiences, including web development, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and vulnerability assessment
• Learn to analyze complex computing problems and apply computing principles to identify solutions
• Complete a capstone project
• Study the socio-ethical and legal aspects of cybersecurity
• Choose between two areas of focus, cyber operations and cyber defense -- two of the most sought-after specialties in cybersecurity
• Enhance your ability to work with and lead a team
• Learn to apply security principles and practices to the environment, hardware, software, and human aspects of a system
• Analyze and evaluate systems in order to maintain operations in the presence of risks and threats
• Study in a curriculum that meets the latest recommendations of the Joint Task Force on Cybersecurity Education, and offers courses from five computing disciplines: computer science, computer engineering, information technology, information systems, and software engineering
• Learn from experienced faculty who are leading experts in various sectors of cybersecurity
• Complete a required internship in a cybersecurity-related business organization or research lab; on-campus at our computer support center, The Factory; or in the Information Technology Department
• Use state-of-the-art technology in our dedicated cybersecurity lab, which includes a Security Operations Center (SOC) analyst workspace to monitor for cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and other technology risks

Cybersecurity jobs

With a cybersecurity degree, you will be prepared for a career as a:

• Cybersecurity technician
• Incident analyst/responder
• Security analyst
• Penetration and vulnerability tester
• Forensic investigator
• Security consultant
• Security engineer/architect

Dual Degree Program Options for Cybersecurity Majors

Sacred Heart University’s dual degree programs provide a defined pathway for incoming freshmen to move seamlessly from an undergraduate to a graduate degree.

While some of our dual degree programs require specific undergraduate majors, others are open to almost all undergraduate disciplines. Apply to a dual degree program as an incoming freshman and you’ll have the opportunity to be admitted directly into the graduate program of your choice at the same time as your admission as an undergraduate student. Students are encouraged to reach out to your admissions counselor to discuss dual degree options.