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Students who complete this program will delve into advanced Cybersecurity concepts and will gain expertise in privacy, trust, confidentiality, and security as it relates to people, personnel, and organizations.
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  • This degree program can be completed part-time or full-time.

    Gain expertise in privacy, trust, confidentiality, and security as it relates to people, personnel, and organizations. In our program, you'll study digital forensics, threat intelligence, network security, machine learning, and data science and management. With our hands-on approach to learning and trial-and-error exploration, you'll be ready to defend data and digital assets from breaches, attacks, and cybercrime by malicious users.

    Our new program is seeking a National Center for Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity designation from the National Security Agency (NSA). We expect graduates to pursue roles in cybersecurity such as information security analyst, digital risk officer, analytics practice leader, chief digital officer, or chief information officer.

  • Wentworth Institute of Technology is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (formerly the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc.).

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  • The program has a thesis option with 33 required credit hours, and a non-thesis option with 36 required credit hours. Either option has the students undertake an individualized development experience, either as a two-course Thesis, or a two-course capstone project. Students must complete the course requirements with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0, following Wentworth graduate school policies.

    Thesis Option
    Course Title Credits
    SEMESTER 1
    DATA6000APPLIED STATISTICS FOR RESEARCH3
    DATA6150DATA SCIENCE FOUNDATIONS3
    COMP6500ADVANCED NETWORK SECURITY3
    SEMESTER 2
    DATA6200DATA MANAGEMENT3
    DATA6250MACHINE LEARNING FOR DATA SCIENCE3
    COMP6550THREAT INTELLIGENCE3
    SEMESTER 3
    COMP7500THESIS I3
    *ELECTIVE 3
    *ELECTIVE 3
    SEMESTER 4
    COMP7550THESIS II3
    *ELECTIVE 3
    Total Credits33
     Non-Thesis Option
    Course Title Credits
    SEMESTER 1
    DATA6000APPLIED STATISTICS FOR RESEARCH3
    DATA6150DATA SCIENCE FOUNDATIONS3
    COMP6500ADVANCED NETWORK SECURITY3
    SEMESTER 2
    DATA6200DATA MANAGEMENT3
    DATA6250MACHINE LEARNING FOR DATA SCIENCE3
    COMP6550THREAT INTELLIGENCE3
    SEMESTER 3
    DATA6900CAPSTONE I3
    *ELECTIVE 3
    *ELECTIVE 3
    SEMESTER 4
    DATA6950CAPSTONE II3
    *ELECTIVE 3
    Total Credits33

    Electives

    A total of 12 semester credit hours of electives must be taken as a part of the program. Students may choose, after consultation with their primary advisor, among the electives offered each semester. The school may add to the list of available electives on a semester by semester basis. One of the electives must be either COMP6420 or COMP6520.

    Course Title Credits
    COMP6420REVERSE ENGINEERING3
    COMP6520MALWARE ANALYSIS3
    COMP6580DIGITAL FORENSICS AND INCIDENT RESPONSE3
    COMP6555

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