Cybersecurity Engineering Major (B.S.)

Major code BS7478

Russ College of Engineering and Technology
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
329 Stocker Center
Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701
Phone: 740.593.1568
www.ohio.edu/engineering/eecs

Avinash Karanth, contact person
karanth@ohio.edu

Program Overview

The Bachelor of Science degree program in Cybersecurity Engineering trains students in the emerging engineering discipline of cybersecurity. Computing resources can be compromised in several ways: adversaries can guess a password, listen to an electronic signal, insert a trojan horse into a piece of software or hardware, or exploit a bug in a software system. The Cybersecurity Engineering program trains students in the foundations of mathematics, electrical engineering, and computer science in order to understand the breadth of issues related to cybersecurity. Students gain practical experience in cybersecurity through a core of security-related coursework that builds depth while exposing students to the various aspects of the discipline. Students complete a cybersecurity capstone project in their final year of the program.

Admissions Information

Freshman/First-Year Admission

To best prepare for the demands of the academic programs in Russ College, it is necessary to have met general admissions requirements for Ohio University and completed four years of college-prep math, at least one year of chemistry or physics, and at least one additional year of chemistry, physics, or an engineering science such as engineering principles, robotics, computer science, or digital electronics. Students ranked in the top 30 percent of their classes who score at least 24 on the ACT or comparable score on the SAT are most likely to be successful in Russ College of Engineering and Technology.

Change of Program Policy

Students who wish to transfer into an engineering or computer science program must have earned a C or better in a math course and a science course. The math course must be equivalent to MATH 1200 or higher. The science course must be equivalent to CHEM 1210 or higher, or PHYS 2051 /PHYS 2054 & PHYS 2055 or higher. Students enrolled at any Ohio University campus who wish to transfer into any program in the Russ College cannot do so if they would be on academic probation after transferring into that major. The probation rules for Russ College are stricter than those for the University as a whole. In order not to be on probation, a student must have a GPA of 2.0 or higher for all courses taken, for all courses taken in the Russ College, and for all courses taken in the intended major. Students must also have successfully completed all required courses in three attempts and have no required course they have attempted twice without success. For some courses, success means a grade of atleast a C or C-.

External Transfer Admission

Transfer students who have earned fewer than 20 semester hours of credit at another accredited collegiate institution may be admitted directly to an engineering or computer science program, if they meet the general requirements for admission to Ohio University and have completed four years of college-prep math and one year each of chemistry or physics. While test scores are not required, students who have scored at least a 24 on the ACT or attained a comparable SAT score are most likely to be successful in the Russ College of Engineering and Technology.

Transfer students who have earned more than 20 semester hours of credit at another accredited collegiate institution may be admitted directly to an engineering or computer science program, if they meet the general requirements for transfer students, including a GPA greater than 2.5. Students who wish to transfer into an engineering or computer science program must have earned a C or better in a math course and a science course. The math course must be equivalent to MATH 1200 or higher. The science course must be equivalent to CHEM 1210 or higher, or PHYS 2051 /PHYS 2054 & PHYS 2055 or higher.

Opportunities Upon Graduation

Students who complete the program will be able to enter the workforce as a cybersecurity professional in one of the many employment sectors that hire cybersecurity employees, such as educational, banking, defense, manufacturing, etc.

Requirements

University-wide Graduation Requirements

Ohio University requires the completion of a minimum of 120 semester hours for the conferral of a bachelor’s degree. However, the Cybersecurity Engineering program requires completion of a minimum of 125.5 hours. For more information on the minimum hours requirement and other university-wide requirements, please review the Graduation Requirements – University-wide page.

Major Grade Requirement

Note - a minimum GPA of 2.0 (C) or better is required overall for major courses. This includes any courses with the AI, CS, EE, or SEC prefix used to fulfill a major requirement.