Program: Cyber Security Applications Minor - California State University, Long Beach

Apr 01, 2025

2019-2020 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

(18 units)

Program Description

The Minor in Cybersecurity is designed to provide students with cybersecurity skills, which can be an advantage for job seeking and career building, as well as a source of personal enrichment. Students accepted for admission must have at least a 2.0 GPA with junior standing.

Requirements (18 units)

Take all the following courses:

CECS 100 - Critical Thinking in the Digital Information Age (3 units)
CECS 302 - Introduction to Computer Forensics (3 units)
CECS 303 - Networks and Network Security (3 units)
JOUR 360 - Culture and Politics of the Internet (3 units)
I S 456 - Systems Integration and Security (3 units)

Take one of the following:

CECS 278 - Cyber Security Principles (3 units)
or
CECS 378 - Introduction to Computer Security Principles (3 units)