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Information Security and Assurance
Certificate (Career)
Designed for students seeking to build skills in specialty areas (e.g., information
security), upgrade current skills, or broaden their general knowledge base in
information technology. All CIS courses completed in these certificates apply
directly to an A.A.S. degree in information technology. The Information Security
and Assurance Certificate is specifically designed to meet the need for workers in
this rapidly growing area of information technology.
Course
Credits
Departmental Requirements
CIS 106 Introduction to Object Design and Programming . . . . .
3
CIS 111M PC Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
CIS 212 PC Repair & Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
CIS 180 Networking Fundamentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
Electives: Complete 3 courses from the following:
. . . . . . . . . . .
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CIS 170 Security Fundamentals (3)
CIS 179 Cybersecurity Fundamentals (3)
CIS 217 Network Security Forensics and Audit (3)
CIS 218 Information Security and Assurance (3)
CIS 219 Ethical Hacking and Systems Defense
CIS 223 Cloud Security (3)
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Data Science
Area of Concentration within the A.A.S in STEMTechnology
(Career)
Prepares graduates with a career as a data scientist, data engineer, data architect,
data administrator, data analyst, or business analyst in the data-intensive
fields including eCommerce, Banking, Healthcare, Business & Finance, Social
Networking, Science, Telecommunications, and National Security. It covers the
techniques, technologies, and tools necessary to collect, clean, manipulate,
extract, transform, load, model, analyze, visualize, and present data as business
intelligence.
• Students must complete their credit
English and Mathematics
within the first
24 credits.
• One course must meet the
cultural competence graduation requirement
.
• CORE: The General Education CORE
is that foundation of the higher education
curriculum providing a coherent intellectual experience for all students. Students
should check with an advisor or the transfer institution (ARTSYS) before selecting
General Education CORE requirements.
http://artsys.usmd.edu/• In some General Education categories (Mathematics, Biological & Physical
Sciences), a 4-credit course selected from the GenEd course list will satisfy the
requirement in place of a 3-credit course. Students should check with an advisor
before selecting these courses.
• For the PE/Health requirement, a 3-credit Physical Education or Health course may
satisfy the requirement in place of a 1-credit course. Students should check with
an advisor before selecting this course.
• Students must earn a grade of "C" or better in EN 101.
• Students must complete a minimum of nine credits at the 200-level.
Course
Credits
English
EN 101 English Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
Mathematics
Mathematics Elective (GenEd course list) (MA 206 recommended) . . .
3
Social & Behavioral Sciences
Social & Behavioral Sciences Elective (GenEd course list)
(recommend HS 102, satisfies Cultural Competence requirement) . . .
3
Arts & Humanities
Arts Elective (GenEd course list) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
Humanities Elective (GenEd course list) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
Communications Elective (GenEd course list) . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
Biological & Physical Sciences
Biological & Physical Sciences Elective (GenEd course list) . . . . . . .
3
PE/Health Requirement
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
Concentration Courses
CIS 106 Object Design & Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
CIS 111E Spreadsheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
CIS 117 Data Science Essentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
CIS 118 Data Analytics Using Spreadsheets . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
CIS 119 Statistical Analysis System (SAS) . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
CIS 203 Systems Analysis & Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
CIS 230 Database Management Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
CIS 256 Statistical Computing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
CIS 257 Data Visualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
CIS 258 Data Wrangling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
CIS 259 Big Data Analytics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
Electives
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5
Any CIS or MA Courses
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