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Cybersecurity - 4 Year Degree Plan

2025-2026

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Lamar University's Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity is designed to help you increase awareness of the growing threats facing organizations, governments and individuals. The program is offered on-campus and online, and will provide you with lifelong skills and the ability to defeat adversaries. Its coursework includes computer organization, discrete structures, computer law and ethics, etc. After graduation, you will have the opportunity to participate in stipend-based undergraduate research, along with potential intern opportunities. 

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NOTE: Degree plans may change over a four-year period. This may not be the most current list of course requirements for your program. It is always advised that you check Degree Audit in Banner Self-Serv or your advisor for the most up-to-date degree requirements and to track your progress toward a degree.Visit the for information about course equivalency and degree applicability of transfer credit on a statewide basis. 

FIRST     YEAR
Fall Hours Grade Spring Hours Grade
COSC 1336 Programming Fundamentals I 3 ______ COSC 1337 Programming Fundamentals II 3 ______
COSC 1173 Programming Lab 1 ______ COSC 1174 Fundamentals of Computing II Lab 1 ______
COSC 1172 Thinking, Speaking and Writing 1 ______ ENGL 1301 Composition I 3 ______
HIST 1301 U.S. History I 1763-1877 3 ______ MATH 2413 Calculus and Analytical Geometry I 4 ______
MATH 1314 College Algebra (Non-Calculus) 3  ______ HIST 1302 U.S. History II Since 1877 3 ______
Creative Arts 3  ______ Communication 3 ______
  Hours 14 ______   Hours 17 ______
SECOND   YEAR
Fall Hours Grade Spring Hours Grade
COSC 2336 Programming Fundamentals III 3 ______ Social and Behavorial Sciences 3 ______
COSC 2325 Computer Organization 3 ______ Cybersecurity Fundamentals 3 ______
PHIL 2306 Ethics 3 ______ COSC 2375 Discrete Structures 3 ______
POLS 2301 Intro to American Government I 3 ______ Component Area Option 3 ______
Life and Physical Sciences 4 ______ Life and Physical Sciences 4 ______
  Hours 16 ______   Hours 16 ______
THIRD     YEAR
Fall Hours Grade Spring Hours Grade
Component Area Option 3 ______ COSC 3325 Computer Law and Ethics 3 ______
COSC 4302 Operating Systems 3 ______ COSC 3304 Algorithms Design and Analysis 3 ______
CPSC 4326 Android Programming 3 ______ CPSC 4315 Network System Administration 3 ______
POLS 2302 Intro/American Government II 3 ______ CPSC 4360 Sofware Engineering 3 ______
ELEN 1100 Introduction to ECE 1 ______ Data Elective 3 ______
  Hours 13 ______   Hours 15 ______
FOURTH     YEAR
Fall Hours Grade Spring Hours Grade
Networks Elective 3 ______ COSC 4272 Senior Assessment 2 ______
Systems Elective 3 ______ COSC 4345 Cybersecurity Networks 3 ______
CPSC 4363 Cybersecurity: Systems 3 ______ Cybercrime Elective 3 ______
Applications Elective 3 ______ Cyberscience Electives 6 ______
CPSC 4361 Secure Software Engineering 3 ______
  Hours 15 ______   Hours 14 ______