Minors and Certificates
The Department of Information Technology offers a minor in Information Technology at the Statesboro Campus. The Cyber Security Minor and the Cyber Security Undergraduate Certificate are offered at the Armstrong Campus in Savannah.
The Cyber Security Certificate within the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) not only includes the courses in the BSIT’s Cyber Security Specialization, IT 3530, IT 4336, IT 4337, and the direct prerequisite to IT 3530, Introduction to Cyber Security, IT 2531, but represents the Georgia Southern University’s Cyber Security program.
Georgia Southern University’s BSIT is an ABET-accredited program. As such, the Program Learning Objectives for the Cyber Security Certificate, and the courses in it that are in the Cyber Security Specialization, closely mirror the Program Learning Objectives of our ABET-accredited BSIT. They are that students should be able to:
- Analyze a complex Cybersecurity problem and apply the principles of computing and other relevant disciplines to identify solutions.
- Design, implement, and evaluate both computing-based and non-computing-based (such as policies and procedures) solutions to meet a given set of Cybersecurity requirements in the context of the program’s disciplines.
- Communicate effectively in a variety of professional contexts.
- Recognize the professional responsibilities and make informed judgments in the practice of Cybersecurity based on legal and ethical principles.
- Function effectively as a member or leader of a team engaged in activities appropriate to the program’s discipline.
- Identify and analyze user needs and take them into account in the selection, creation, integration, evaluation, and administration of computing-based and non-computing-based Cybersecurity systems.
Contact: Dr. Yiming Ji, Professor & Chair, IT 2120, 2nd Floor, (912) 478-ITIT (4848)
Information Technology Minor
Prerequisite(s):
IT 1130 – Introduction to IT (3)
Minor Program:
IT 1430 – Web Page Development (3)
IT 2333 – IT Infrastructure (3)
Select three of the following:
CISM 3134 – Enterprise Infrastructure and Security (3)
IT 3132 – Web Programming (3)
IT 3231 – Data Communications (3)
IT 4234 – Datacenter Management (3)
IT 4335 – Network Architecture (3)
IT 5090 – Selected Topics in Information Technology (3)
IT 5434 – Network Security Fundamentals (3)
Or any upper division IT course by permission of IT department chair
Cyber Security Minor
The Cyber Security Minor is available at the Statesboro and Armstrong Campuses.
IT 1130 – Introduction to Information Technology (3)
IT 2333 – IT Infrastructure (3) or IT 2530 – Operating Systems (3)
IT 2531 – Introduction to Cyber Security (3)
IT 3530 – Fundamentals of Information Systems Security (3)
IT 4336 – Network Security (3)
IT 4337 – Ethical Hacking (3)
Cyber Security Undergraduate Certificate
The Cyber Security Undergraduate Certificate is available at the Statesboro, Armstrong, and Liberty Campuses.
IT 1130 – Introduction to Information Technology (3)
IT 2333 – IT Infrastructure (3)
IT 2531 – Introduction to Cyber Security (3)
IT 3530 – Fundamentals of Information Systems Security (3)
IT 4336 – Network Security (3)
IT 4337 – Ethical Hacking (3)
Last updated: 10/6/2022
