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Vulnerability Assessment
Undergraduate Certificate

These program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.


The online vulnerability assessment certificate program at University of Maryland Global Campus is designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills to examine software for embedded vulnerabilities—whether they are accidental or malicious—that create weaknesses that may be exploited by hackers. In this program, you’ll learn techniques to identify such flaws in software.

Program Highlights
  • Gain hands-on experience: Examine software for embedded vulnerabilities that create weaknesses exploited by hackers.
  • Build your skills: Design, implement, test, debug, and document Java programs using development tools.
  • Analyze code: Use software to analyze code and isolate and prioritize processes that could compromise data integrity.
  • Build knowledge: Study the techniques for finding solutions through structured programming and step-wise refinement.
  • Design modern applications: Design and build Python applications that are resistant to common security threats.
  • Present solutions: Plan, manage, document, and communicate all phases of a secure software development cycle.
Required Courses
  • (3 Credits, CMSC 105)
    You may be able to waive this course if you have prior programming experience.
  • (3 Credits, CMSC 115)
  • (3 Credits, CMSC 215)
  • (3 Credits, CMSC 320)
  • (3 Credits, CYOP 300)
  • (3 Credits, CYOP 325)
  • (3 Credits, CYOP 360)
Career Preparation

This program is designed to help you learn how to identify system vulnerabilities.

Experience Recommended for Success in the Program

No previous experience is needed.

Total Program Credits
21
Transfer Credits
Up to 9
Format
  • All courses available online
  • Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
  • $324 per credit (in-state)
  • $499 per credit (out-of-state)
  • $250 per credit (military)
  • Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements

This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.

Military-Specific Details

This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.

State-Specific Details

This program does not have state-specific restrictions.

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Cybersecurity Technology
Bachelor of Science

These program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.


Program Highlights
  • Design networks: Design, implement, and administer local-area and wide-area networks to satisfy organizational goals. 
  • Troubleshoot problems: Resolve IT system problems and meet the needs of end users by applying troubleshooting methodologies. 
  • Secure IT systems: Apply relevant policies and procedures to effectively secure and monitor IT systems. 
  • Communicate effectively: Communicate IT knowledge effectively using a wide range of presentation styles. 
  • Understand best practices: Meet organizational goals using effective workforce skills, best practices, and ethical principles. 
  • Prepare for certification: Take courses that can help prepare you for industry-specific certification exams. 
Required Courses
  • (3 Credits, CMIT 202)
  • (3 Credits, CMIT 265)
  • (3 Credits, CMIT 291)
  • (3 Credits, CMIT 320)
  • (3 Credits, CMIT 321)
  • (3 Credits, CMIT 326)
  • (3 Credits, CMIT 351)
  • (3 Credits, CMIT 495)
  • Three upper-level courses (9 credits) chosen from the following:
    • Any upper-level CMIT courses
    • (3 Credits, CCJS 321)
Career Preparation

This degree program is designed for mid-level professionals hoping to advance their careers in a high demand industry. A cybersecurity degree may help you qualify for cybersecurity jobs such as security engineer, systems administrator, solutions architect, Linux systems administrator, information security analyst, information systems manager, cybersecurity analyst, cybersecurity engineer, and more. 

Experience Recommended for Success in the Program

No previous experience is needed.

Total Program Credits
120
Transfer Credits
Up to 90
Format
  • All courses available online
  • Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
  • $324 per credit (in-state)
  • $499 per credit (out-of-state)
  • $250 per credit (military)
  • Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements

This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.

Military-Specific Details

This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.

State-Specific Details

This program does not have state-specific restrictions.

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Cyber Operations
Bachelor of Science

These program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.


Program Highlights
  • Collaborate as a team: Work individually or in a team-oriented, collaborative environment to develop and test scripts and processes and produce security documentation of cyberspace events.
  • Manage a software project: Plan, manage, document, and communicate all phases of a secure software development project as part of a software development team.
  • Use cyberspace tools: Use appropriate cyberspace tools to assess, analyze, and exploit applications, networks, and other system vulnerabilities while emulating adversarial approaches.
  • Respond to threats: Identify and respond to emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and exploits to defend and protect an organization’s resources, assets, and privacy in cyberspace.
Required Courses
  • (3 Credits, CYOP 200)
  • (3 Credits, CYOP 310)
  • (3 Credits, CMIT 265)
  • (3 Credits, CYOP 300)
  • (3 Credits, CYOP 325)
  • (3 Credits, CYOP 350)
  • (3 Credits, CYOP 360)
  • (3 Credits, CYOP 400)
  • (3 Credits, CYOP 425)
  • (3 Credits, CYOP 460)
  • (3 Credits, CYOP 495)
Career Preparation

This program is designed to help prepare you for technical and leadership roles in diverse application development and security settings, including high-demand areas such as coding, security analysis, security management, application and software architecture, information security, intrusion analysis, penetration testing, programming languages, software development, software engineering, security and code auditing, intelligence, and system architecture.

Experience Recommended for Success in the Program

No previous experience is needed.

Total Program Credits
120
Transfer Credits
Up to 90
Format
  • All courses available online
  • Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
  • $324 per credit (in-state)
  • $499 per credit (out-of-state)
  • $250 per credit (military)
  • Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements

This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.

Military-Specific Details

This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.

State-Specific Details

This program does not have state-specific restrictions.

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