Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity

The Cybersecurity Program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills of computer security, including theory, tools, and best practices. It seeks to prepare the student for careers in many areas of cybersecurity work including cyber analytics, penetration testing, network security, digital forensics, and cybersecurity operations and management careers.

Goals of the Cybersecurity Major

The Cybersecurity program seeks to:

• Identify and apply theories and processes related to information security, assurance, and cybersecurity.
• Apply security and cyber defense principles to the planning, implementing, and monitoring of Cybersecurity mechanisms to help ensure the protection of information technology assets.
• The ability of ethical decision making and professional integrity.
• Identify and analyze organizational problems relating to information assurance, security, and its implications on value creation and defense.

Program Highlights

A major in Cybersecurity requires a minimum of 32 credit hours in computer science plus 24 credit hours in Cybersecurity. More than the minimum requirements in computer science will be necessary for students wishing to pursue graduate work in a related field.

A few notable courses in this degree include:

• COSC 3305 - Computer Organization and Architecture
• COSC 3306 - Networks and Telecommunication
• COSC 3312 - Information Assurance
• COSC 3313 - Introduction to Cryptography
• COSC 4315 - Network Security
• COSC 4316 - Ethical Hacking and System Defense
• COSC 4317 - Digital Forensics
• COSC 4318 - Software Security
• COSC 4308 - Senior Project in Computer Science (S-L)
• COSC 4401 - Operating Systems
• COSC 4402 - Software Engineering (S-L)

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We offer a variety of educational opportunities for individuals of all ages and academic backgrounds—including degree programs at the undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral levels, as well as continuing education and certificate programs.

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"Dallas Baptist University is a nationally ranked, comprehensive, global Christ-centered university, with a mission to produce servant leaders through the integration of faith and learning. We are thrilled to be an educational enterprise home to more than 4,700 students, representing more than 60 countries around the world.

We believe our world is in desperate need of thoughtful Christian leaders with the ability to creatively solve complex problems while uniquely engaging culture through biblical truth. Our graduates are serving in nearly every vocational context. Whether it be as Christian doctors, lawyers, educators, scientists, politicians or numerous other fields, we understand that our students are diverse in their callings, yet united in purpose.

Please take the opportunity to get to know us through this website or an on-campus visit. You will discover a community of servant leaders whose heart is to teach and care for others while also producing research in a myriad of academic disciplines. We embrace the premise that all truth is God’s truth, and together, we seek knowledge for the sake of making a bold impact in the world as transformers of culture.

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DBU President

History of DBU

DBU’s forerunner, Decatur Baptist College, was founded in 1898 as the first junior college in Texas. For years, the school called the small town of Decatur home, producing outstanding young men and women who filled churches, classrooms, hospitals, and businesses around the nation.

In 1965, the school relocated to the scenic foothills of southwest Dallas, becoming a four-year institution and eventually being renamed Dallas Baptist University when it began offering graduate-level degrees.

Today, DBU has a variety of degrees on the undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral levels. Well into our second century, DBU continues to press forward in our mission to produce servant leaders who will transform the world.

Mission Statement

The mission of Dallas Baptist University is to provide Christ-centered quality higher education in the arts, sciences, and professional studies at both the undergraduate and graduate levels to traditional age and adult students in order to produce servant leaders who have the ability to integrate faith and learning through their respective callings.

Vision Statement

Building a great Christian university that is pleasing to God by producing Christ-centered servant leaders who are transforming the world.

Accreditation

Dallas Baptist University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees.

Campus

Whether you choose to live on campus or commute to classes, the 368-acre campus of Dallas Baptist University is a beautiful place to spend your university years. Located in the rolling hills of southwestern Dallas overlooking Mountain Creek Lake, the main campus of DBU provides a safe and secluded community in a metroplex of more than 6 million people.

The campus conveniently sits only 13 miles from downtown Dallas, 19 miles from downtown Fort Worth, and is centrally located near the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and Love Field.