Curriculum
The Ph.D. in Cybersecurity Management program has two curriculum pathways. With the M.S. pathway, earn a Ph.D. degree with a minimum of 51 credits. With the B.S. pathway, earn a Ph.D. degree with a minimum of 66 credits. Courses, research, and dissertation registrations are listed below.
Required Core Courses
Each student must complete 5 core courses (3 credits each, total 15 credits):
ISEC 635 Information Systems Operations Management
ISEC 655 Information Security Governance
ISEC 675 Information System Auditing
ISEC 700 Research Seminar in Cybersecurity Management
Students must substitute an elective for any of the following core courses for which they have passed an MS course equivalent from a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity within the past five years:
MMIS 621 Information Systems Project Management
MMIS 636 Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
MMIS 644 UX Strategy for Social Media
MMIS 653 Telecommunication and Computer Networking
MMIS 680 Human Computer Interaction
MMIS 690 Special Topics in Information Systems
MMIS 692 Data Analytics Project
ISEC 615 Fundamentals of Cybersecurity
ISEC 695 Information Security Project
Required Core Courses
Each student must complete 10 core courses (3 credits each, total 30 credits).
MMIS 621 Information Systems Project Management
MMIS 653 Telecommunication and Computer Networking
MMIS 680 Human Computer Interaction
ISEC 615 Fundamentals of Cybersecurity
ISEC 635 Information Security Operations Management
ISEC 675 Information System Auditing
ISEC 700 Research Seminar in Cybersecurity Management
In both pathways, each student will be required to complete at least three doctoral research courses of, ISEC 885. These courses will be taken at the end of the student’s coursework. These directed study courses will enable the student, with the support of a faculty advisor, to identify a viable research topic and conduct preliminary research that will lead to formal candidacy for the student.
ISEC 885: Doctoral Research in Cybersecurity Management (4 credits each)
Students must complete 24 credits of dissertation registrations, three registrations of ISEC 901. Students who do not complete the dissertation within 24 credits will register for ISEC 920 Continuing Dissertation until the dissertation is complete.