Information Technology (B.S.) to Cybersecurity (M.S.)
This pre-M.S. program allows advanced information technology students to begin coursework that satisfies M.S. in cybersecurity degree requirements while completing their undergraduate degree. If students begin their graduate coursework while completing their undergraduate programs, they could earn their undergraduate and graduate degrees at an accelerated rate.
B.S. in IT students can supplement their undergraduate coursework with up to six credits of specified cybersecurity graduate courses. The cybersecurity courses would satisfy both graduate and undergraduate program requirements.
Students are allowed to enroll in up to four graduate-level cybersecurity courses while completing undergraduate coursework; however, only two of those courses (six credits) would be eligible for application to the undergraduate degree. If students opt to take an additional two courses at the graduate level while completing their undergraduate degree, these courses would only apply to the graduate program requirements. All four graduate courses would satisfy cybersecurity program requirements.
Minimum Grade and Residency Requirements: Students should consult the requirements for the B.S. in information technology. The following also applies:
- A minimum grade of C is required for all information technology undergraduate courses and a minimum grade of B for graduate courses.
- Students must complete 21 credits of their undergraduate IT courses and all of their graduate courses at Marymount.
Admission Requirements
In addition to meeting the university's undergraduate admission requirements, students are permitted to submit an application and, if approved, take graduate cybersecurity courses if they have
- a declared major in information technology with a specialty in applied cybersecurity, cloud computing, or networking and cybersecurity;
- at least 60 credits but no more that 90 credits in the program; and
- a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.4.
Graduate Student Status
Upon completion of four specified 500-level courses from the cybersecurity program courses (each with a minimum grade of B-) and the awarding of their bachelor’s degree, students must apply for admission to the M.S. in cybersecurity program to attain admission.
Upon the awarding of the B.S. in information technology degree and the completion of the M.S. in cybersecurity admission process, students will become subject to all graduate student policies and procedures. See the Cybersecurity (M.S.) for additional program information.
Graduate IT Courses
| IT 530 | Computer Security | 3 |
| IT 543 | Project Management | 3 |
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| IT 570 | Cybersecurity: Law, Policy, Ethics, and Compliance | 3 |
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| IT 575 | Information Security Management | 3 |
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| IT 670 | Computer Network Defense | 3 |