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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Cybersecurity Management, B.S.


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Information Systems and Analytics  
Tim Greer, program coordinator
Tim.Greer@mtsu.edu
615-904-8176

A major in Cybersecurity Management consists of 46 hours of information systems and cybersecurity management courses. Majors must earn an overall minimum GPA of 2.00.

The Cybersecurity Management program will provide students the knowledge and skills to develop, maintain, and manage cybersecurity systems within a business context. Additionally, the degree will allow students to begin their careers in the field and to enter organizations with a focus on meeting their security needs.

The program below includes a required Business Administration minor. An alternate business minor may be chosen, but it may require total hours for graduation to exceed 120.

Academic Map


Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Cybersecurity Management, B.S. Academic Map  

Degree Requirements


True Blue Core 41 hours
Major Requirements 46 hours*
Business Administration Minor 18 hours
Electives 15-18 hours
TOTAL 120 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours will increase.

True Blue Core (41 hours)


True Blue Core (TBC)  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following course required by the program meets True Blue Core requirements:

Minor (18 hours)


The Business Administration Minor  is required.

Electives (15-18 hours)


Curriculum: Cybersecurity Management


Freshman Fall


Subtotal: 16 Hours


Freshman Spring


  • Information Literacy 3 credit hours
  • Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
  • Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
  • Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
  • Elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 16 Hours


Sophomore Fall


  • Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
  • Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
  • History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
  • Electives 6 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours


Sophomore Spring


Subtotal: 15 Hours


Subtotal: 15 Hours


Subtotal: 15 Hours


Subtotal: 15 Hours


Subtotal: 13 Hours


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