Cyber Operations Major, Bachelor of Science (BS)
The Cyber Operations degree program equips students with the expertise needed to meet the growing demand for cybersecurity professionals. Alongside core computer science courses, students will develop skills in confidentiality, integrity, privacy, risk management, industrial control systems, digital forensics, and adversarial thinking. The curriculum emphasizes hands-on learning and practical application, covering security topics related to data, software, hardware, cybersecurity systems, and emerging threats.
This program prepares students to design and implement secure networks, applications, systems, and critical infrastructures. Graduates will be well-equipped for careers in cyber operations, with program outcomes aligned with the Department of Defense Cybersecurity Workforce Roles, addressing the critical need to safeguard national security.
Exam Requirement: All Computer Science majors are required to pass the Advanced Programming Exam prior to taking courses for which it is a prerequisite. Passing the exam is required for graduation and no exam waivers will be granted for degree completion.
Grade Requirements: As a computer science student, you are expected to maintain an overall university GPA ≥2.3. Each computer science course and cybersecurity course must be completed with a minimum grade ≥C+. All supporting courses required by the department must be completed with a minimum grade ≥C.
| Required Computer Science Courses | ||
| CSCD 202 | COMPUTING ETHICS | 4 |
| CSCD 210 | PROGRAMMING PRINCIPLES I | 5 |
| CSCD 211 | PROGRAMMING PRINCIPLES II | 5 |
| CSCD 240 | C AND UNIX PROGRAMMING | 5 |
| CSCD 260 & 260L | ARCHITECTURE AND ORGANIZATION and ARCHITECTURE AND ORGANIZATION LAB | 4 |
| or EENG 260 & 260L | MICROCONTROLLER SYSTEMS and MICROCONTROLLER SYSTEMS LAB | |
| CSCD 300 | DATA STRUCTURES | 5 |
| CSCD 320 | ALGORITHMS | 5 |
| CSCD 327 & 327L | RELATIONAL DATABASE SYSTEMS and RELATIONAL DATABASE SYSTEMS LAB | 4 |
| CSCD 330 & 330L | COMPUTER NETWORKS and COMPUTER NETWORKS LAB | 4 |
| CSCD 340 | OPERATING SYSTEMS | 5 |
| Required Cybersecurity Courses | ||
| CYBR 101 | CYBERSECURITY FUNDAMENTALS | 5 |
| CYBR 303 & 303L | COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SECURITY and COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SECURITY LAB | 4 |
| CYBR 403 | CYBERSECURITY POLICIES, PRIVACY AND LAWS | 4 |
| CYBR 410 & 410L | APPLIED CYBER DEFENSE and APPLIED CYBER DEFENSE LAB | 4 |
| CYBR 412 & 412L | APPLIED CYBER OPERATIONS and APPLIED CYBER OPERATIONS LAB | 4 |
| CYBR 434 & 434L | NETWORK SECURITY and NETWORK SECURITY LAB | 4 |
| CYBR 437 & 437L | SECURE CODING and SECURE CODING LAB | 4 |
| CYBR 445 & 445L | CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY I and CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY I LAB | 4 |
| CYBR 463 & 463L | APPLIED CRYPTOGRAPHY and APPLIED CRYPTOGRAPHY LAB | 4 |
| CYBR 470 & 470L | REVERSE ENGINEERING and REVERSE ENGINEERING LAB | 4 |
| CYBR 487 & 487L | SECURE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING and SECURE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING LAB | 4 |
| Required Supporting Courses | ||
| EENG 160 & 160L | DIGITAL CIRCUITS and DIGITAL CIRCUITS LAB | 5 |
| MATH 301 | DISCRETE MATHEMATICS | 5 |
| MATH 380 | ELEMENTARY PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS | 5 |
| Required Electives–choose six courses from the approved elective list | 24 | |
| Required Senior Capstone Series | ||
| CYBR 490 | SENIOR CAPSTONE | 5 |
| Total Credits | 135 | |
Plan of Study
The following plan of study is for a student with zero credits. Individual students may have different factors such as: credit through transfer work, Advanced Placement, Running Start, or any other type of college-level coursework that requires an individual plan.
Courses could be offered in different terms, checking the academic schedule is paramount in keeping an individual plan current. Students should connect with an advisor to ensure they are on track to graduate.
All Undergraduate students are required to meet the Undergraduate Degree Requirements.
| First Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
| All Courses on the Cheney Campus | All Courses on the Cheney Campus | All Courses on the Cheney Campus | |||
| CSCD 210 | 5 | CSCD 211 | 5 | CSCD 240 | 5 |
| ENGL 101 | 5 | ENGL 201 | 5 | CSCD 300 | 5 |
| Diversity - graduation requirement1 | 5 | MATH 380 | 5 | MATH 301 | 5 |
| 15 | 15 | 15 | |||
| Second Year | |||||
| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
| All Courses on the Cheney Campus | All Courses on the Cheney Campus | All Courses at the Spokane Catalyst Building | |||
| CSCD 202 (Humanities & Arts BACR 1) | 4 | CSCD 330 & 330L | 4 | CSCD 260 & 260L | 4 |
| CYBR 101 (Social Science BACR 1) | 5 | CYBR 403 | 4 | CYBR 303 & 303L | 4 |
| Social Science BACR 2 (Recommended LIBR 110)1 | 5 | EENG 160 & 160L | 5 | Global Studies- graduation requirement (Online Course)1 | 5 |
| Humanities & Arts BACR 21 | 5 | ||||
| 14 | 18 | 13 | |||
| Third Year | |||||
| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
| All Courses at the Spokane Catalyst Building | All Courses at the Spokane Catalyst Building | All Courses at the Spokane Catalyst Building | |||
| CSCD 340 | 5 | CSCD 327 & 327L | 4 | CSCD 320 | 5 |
| CYBR 434 & 434L | 4 | CYBR 437 & 437L | 4 | CYBR 410 & 410L | 4 |
| Natural Science BACR 1 (Recommended GEOS 100) | 5 | CYBR Elective 1 | 4 | CYBR 412 & 412L | 4 |
| Natural Science BACR 2 (Recommended GEOS 113) | 5 | CYBR Elective 2 | 4 | ||
| 14 | 17 | 17 | |||
| Fourth Year | |||||
| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
| All Courses at the Spokane Catalyst Building | All Courses at the Spokane Catalyst Building | All Courses at the Spokane Catalyst Building | |||
| CYBR 463 & 463L | 4 | CYBR 445 & 445L | 4 | CYBR 470 & 470L | 4 |
| CYBR Elective 3 | 4 | CYBR 487 & 487L | 4 | CYBR 490 (Senior Capstone - graduation requirement ) | 5 |
| CYBR Elective 4 | 4 | CYBR Elective 5 | 4 | CYBR Elective 6 | 4 |
| Elective - minor, or general elective | 1 | Elective - minor, or general elective | 4 | ||
| 13 | 16 | 13 | |||
| Total Credits 180 | |||||
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University Graduation Requirements (UGR) and Breadth Area Course Requirements (BACR) courses may be less than 5 credits and additional credits may be required to reach the required 180 total credits needed to graduate. Students should connect with an advisor to ensure they are on track to graduate.
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Required Electives–choose six courses from the approved elective list.
University Competencies and Proficiencies
English
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning
Placement and Clearance
Prior Learning/Sources of Credit AP, CLEP, IB
General Education Requirements (GER)
- Minimum Credits—180 cumulative credit hours
- 60 upper-division credits (300 level or above)
- 45 credits in residence (attendance) at Eastern, with at least 15 upper-division credits in major in residence at Eastern
- Minimum Cumulative GPA ≥2.0
Breadth Area Core Requirements (BACR)
Humanities and Arts
Natural Sciences
Social Sciences
University Graduation Requirements (UGR)
Diversity Course List
World Language (for Bachelor of Arts)
Global Studies Course List
Minor or Certificate
Senior Capstone Course List
Application for Graduation (use EagleNET) must be made at least two terms in advance of the term expected to graduate (undergraduate and post-baccalaureate).
Use the Catalog Archives to determine two important catalog years.
- The catalog in effect at the student's first term of current matriculation is used to determine BACR (Breadth Area Core Requirements) and UGR (Undergraduate Graduation Requirements).
- The catalog in effect at the time the student declares a major or minor is used to determine the program requirements.
Students who earn a BS In Cyber Operations from EWU should be able to:
- analyze a complex computing problem and to apply principles of computing and other relevant disciplines to identify solutions;
- design, implement, and evaluate a computing-based solution to meet a given set of computing requirements in the context of the program’s discipline, utilizing techniques, skills, and tools necessary for computing practice;
- communicate effectively in a variety of professional contexts;
- recognize professional responsibilities and make informed judgments in computing practice based on legal and ethical principles, including local and global impacts of computing solutions on individuals, organizations, and society;
- function effectively as a member or leader of a team engaged in activities appropriate to the program’s discipline;
- apply security principles and practices to maintain operations in the presence of risks and threats.
Furthermore, the required cybersecurity courses, listed below, align with the ABET Fundamental Topics for Cybersecurity. These ABET topics include:
- Data Security: protection of data at rest, during processing, and in transit.
- Software Security: development and use of software that reliably preserves the security properties of the protected information and systems.
- Component Security: the security aspects of the design, procurement, testing, analysis, and maintenance of components integrated into larger systems.
- Connection Security: security of the connections between components, both physical and logical.
- System Security: security aspects of systems that use software and are composed of components and connections.
- Human Security: the study of human behavior in the context of data protection, privacy, and threat mitigation.
- Organizational Security: protecting organizations from cybersecurity threats and managing risk to support successful accomplishment of the organization’s missions.
- Societal Security: aspects of cybersecurity that broadly impact society as a whole.