## ##   * Overview
  * Program Requirements
  * Plan of Study
The cybersecurity and criminal justice combined degree applies a
multidisciplinary approach to ensuring the reliability and security of
cyberspace. The program will provide students with a strong programming
foundation coupled with academic and experiential knowledge of the criminal
justice system. Students learn how social behavior, policy, and legal rules
can affect cybersecurity and utilize comparative social science to understand,
predict, and explain crime.
* * *
  * Concentrations and course offerings may vary by campus and/or by program modality. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for the course availability each term at your campus or within your program modality.
  * Certain options within the program may be  _required_ at certain campuses or for certain program modalities. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for requirements at your campus or for your program modality. 
* * *
Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete
any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified
and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major
requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
## Cybersecurity Major Requirements
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Computer Science Overview|  
Must be taken in alignment with your home college:|  
[CS 1200](/search/?P=CS%201200 "CS 1200")| First Year Seminar| 1  
or [CRIM 1000](/search/?P=CRIM%201000 "CRIM 1000")|  Criminal Justice at
Northeastern  
[CS 1210](/search/?P=CS%201210 "CS 1210")| Professional Development for Khoury
Co-op| 1  
or [EESH 2000](/search/?P=EESH%202000 "EESH 2000")|  Professional Development
for Co-op  
Computer Science Fundamentals Courses|  
[CS 1800](/search/?P=CS%201800 "CS 1800")  
and [CS 1802](/search/?P=CS%201802 "CS 1802")| Discrete Structures  
and Seminar for CS 1800| 5  
[CS 2500](/search/?P=CS%202500 "CS 2500")  
and [CS 2501](/search/?P=CS%202501 "CS 2501")| Fundamentals of Computer
Science 1  
and Lab for CS 2500| 5  
[CS 2510](/search/?P=CS%202510 "CS 2510")  
and [CS 2511](/search/?P=CS%202511 "CS 2511")| Fundamentals of Computer
Science 2  
and Lab for CS 2510| 5  
Computer Science Required Courses|  
[CS 3000](/search/?P=CS%203000 "CS 3000")| Algorithms and Data| 4  
[CS 3500](/search/?P=CS%203500 "CS 3500")  
and [CS 3501](/search/?P=CS%203501 "CS 3501")| Object-Oriented Design  
and Lab for CS 3500| 5  
[CS 3650](/search/?P=CS%203650 "CS 3650")| Computer Systems| 4  
[CS 4700](/search/?P=CS%204700 "CS 4700")| Network Fundamentals| 4  
or [CS 4730](/search/?P=CS%204730 "CS 4730")|  Distributed Systems  
Cybersecurity Required Courses|  
[CY 2550](/search/?P=CY%202550 "CY 2550")| Foundations of Cybersecurity| 4  
[CY 3740](/search/?P=CY%203740 "CY 3740")| Systems Security| 4  
[CY 4740](/search/?P=CY%204740 "CY 4740")| Network Security| 4  
Cybersecurity Elective|  
Complete one of the following:| 4  
[COMM 2551](/search/?P=COMM%202551 "COMM 2551")| Free Speech in Cyberspace|  
[CS 2800](/search/?P=CS%202800 "CS 2800")| Logic and Computation|  
[CS 4400](/search/?P=CS%204400 "CS 4400")| Programming Languages|  
[CS 4500](/search/?P=CS%204500 "CS 4500")| Software Development|  
or [CS 4530](/search/?P=CS%204530 "CS 4530")|  Fundamentals of Software
Engineering  
[CS 4710](/search/?P=CS%204710 "CS 4710")| Mobile and Wireless Systems|  
or [CS 6710](/search/?P=CS%206710 "CS 6710")|  Wireless Network  
[CY 4760](/search/?P=CY%204760 "CY 4760")| Security of Wireless and Mobile
Systems|  
[CY 4770](/search/?P=CY%204770 "CY 4770")| Cryptography|  
[CY 5010](/search/?P=CY%205010 "CY 5010")| Cybersecurity Principles and
Practices|  
[CY 5200](/search/?P=CY%205200 "CY 5200")| Security Risk Management and
Assessment|  
[CY 5210](/search/?P=CY%205210 "CY 5210")| Information System Forensics|  
[CY 5770](/search/?P=CY%205770 "CY 5770")| Software Vulnerabilities and
Security|  
[DS 4300](/search/?P=DS%204300 "DS 4300")| Large-Scale Information Storage and
Retrieval|  
[DS 4400](/search/?P=DS%204400 "DS 4400")| Machine Learning and Data Mining 1|  
[EECE 2322](/search/?P=EECE%202322 "EECE 2322")  
and [EECE 2323](/search/?P=EECE%202323 "EECE 2323")| Fundamentals of Digital
Design and Computer Organization  
and Lab for EECE 2322|  
[EECE 3324](/search/?P=EECE%203324 "EECE 3324")| Computer Architecture and
Organization|  
[EECE 4534](/search/?P=EECE%204534 "EECE 4534")  
and [EECE 4535](/search/?P=EECE%204535 "EECE 4535")| Microprocessor-Based
Design  
and Lab for EECE 4534|  
[IS 4300](/search/?P=IS%204300 "IS 4300")| Human Computer Interaction|  
[LPSC 1101](/search/?P=LPSC%201101 "LPSC 1101")| Introduction to Law|  
[LPSC 2301](/search/?P=LPSC%202301 "LPSC 2301")| Introduction to Law, Policy,
and Society|  
[LPSC 3303](/search/?P=LPSC%203303 "LPSC 3303")| Topics in Law and Public
Policy|  
[MATH 3527](/search/?P=MATH%203527 "MATH 3527")| Number Theory 1|  
[MATH 4575](/search/?P=MATH%204575 "MATH 4575")| Introduction to Cryptography|  
[PHIL 1145](/search/?P=PHIL%201145 "PHIL 1145")| Technology and Human Values|  
[POLS 2390](/search/?P=POLS%202390 "POLS 2390")| Science, Technology, and
Public Policy|  
[POLS 3307](/search/?P=POLS%203307 "POLS 3307")| Public Policy and
Administration|  
[POLS 3324](/search/?P=POLS%203324 "POLS 3324")| Law and Society|  
[POLS 3406](/search/?P=POLS%203406 "POLS 3406")| International Law|  
[POLS 3420](/search/?P=POLS%203420 "POLS 3420")| U.S. National Security
Policy|  
[POLS 3423](/search/?P=POLS%203423 "POLS 3423")| Terrorism and
Counterterrorism|  
## Supporting Courses
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Complete the following course:|  
[MATH 1341](/search/?P=MATH%201341 "MATH 1341")| Calculus 1 for Science and
Engineering| 4  
## Computer Science Writing Requirement
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
College Writing|  
Complete one of the following:| 4  
[ENGW 1111](/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111")| First-Year Writing|  
[ENGW 1102](/search/?P=ENGW%201102 "ENGW 1102")| First-Year Writing for
Multilingual Writers|  
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines|  
Complete one of the following:| 4  
[ENGW 3302](/search/?P=ENGW%203302 "ENGW 3302")| Advanced Writing in the
Technical Professions|  
[ENGW 3308](/search/?P=ENGW%203308 "ENGW 3308")| Advanced Writing in the
Social Sciences|  
[ENGW 3311](/search/?P=ENGW%203311 "ENGW 3311")| Advanced Writing for Prelaw|  
[ENGW 3315](/search/?P=ENGW%203315 "ENGW 3315")| Interdisciplinary Advanced
Writing in the Disciplines|  
## Criminal Justice Requirements
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Introduction to Crime, Law, and the Justice System|  
What do we know about crime and justice? In these three courses, students have
an opportunity to develop a foundational understanding of three related
phenomena: why crime exists, how our criminal justice system responds to
crime, and the constitutional and legal oversight of this process.|  
[CRIM 1100](/search/?P=CRIM%201100 "CRIM 1100")| Introduction to Criminal
Justice| 4  
[CRIM 1110](/search/?P=CRIM%201110 "CRIM 1110")| Criminal Due Process| 4  
[CRIM 1120](/search/?P=CRIM%201120 "CRIM 1120")| Criminology| 4  
Current Crime and Justice Issues|  
These courses introduce students to topical issues related to crime and
justice.|  
Complete one of the following:| 4  
[CRIM 1300](/search/?P=CRIM%201300 "CRIM 1300")| The Death Penalty|  
[CRIM 1400](/search/?P=CRIM%201400 "CRIM 1400")| Human Trafficking|  
[CRIM 1500](/search/?P=CRIM%201500 "CRIM 1500")| Corruption, Integrity, and
Accountability|  
[CRIM 1700](/search/?P=CRIM%201700 "CRIM 1700")| Crime, Media, and Politics|  
Crime Problems and Criminal Justice Institutions|  
The 2000-level courses in this list ask how does justice work and for whom?
These courses introduce students to the systems and institutions tasked with
providing justice. Each includes experiential learning components in
cooperation with local criminal justice institutions. The 3000-level courses
in this list provide students a deeper look at a range of crime problems.|  
Complete one of the following:| 4  
[CRIM 2310](/search/?P=CRIM%202310 "CRIM 2310")| Courts: The Third Branch of
Government|  
[CRIM 2320](/search/?P=CRIM%202320 "CRIM 2320")| Youth Crime and Justice|  
[CRIM 2330](/search/?P=CRIM%202330 "CRIM 2330")| Punishment in the Age of Mass
Incarceration|  
[CRIM 2370](/search/?P=CRIM%202370 "CRIM 2370")| Restorative Justice:
Transforming the System|  
[CRIM 2380](/search/?P=CRIM%202380 "CRIM 2380")| Black Families and
Incarceration|  
[CRIM 3010](/search/?P=CRIM%203010 "CRIM 3010")| Criminal Violence|  
[CRIM 3030](/search/?P=CRIM%203030 "CRIM 3030")| Global Criminology|  
[CRIM 3040](/search/?P=CRIM%203040 "CRIM 3040")| Psychology of Crime|  
[CRIM 3050](/search/?P=CRIM%203050 "CRIM 3050")| Organized Crime|  
[CRIM 3070](/search/?P=CRIM%203070 "CRIM 3070")| Corporate and White-Collar
Crime|  
[CRIM 3100](/search/?P=CRIM%203100 "CRIM 3100")| Criminal Law|  
[CRIM 3540](/search/?P=CRIM%203540 "CRIM 3540")| Addiction and Recovery|  
Creating Knowledge about Crime and Justice|  
How do we know what we know about crime and justice—and how do we develop new
knowledge? Harnessing data to learn about issues, identify solutions, and
advocate for change.|  
[CRIM 3600](/search/?P=CRIM%203600 "CRIM 3600")| Criminal Justice Research
Methods| 4  
[CRIM 3700](/search/?P=CRIM%203700 "CRIM 3700")| Analyzing and Using Data on
Crime and Justice| 4  
Systemic Issues|  
A consideration of systemic issues facing the criminal justice system.|  
Complete one of the following:| 4  
[CRIM 3110](/search/?P=CRIM%203110 "CRIM 3110")| Gender, Crime, and Justice|  
[CRIM 3120](/search/?P=CRIM%203120 "CRIM 3120")| Race, Crime, and Justice|  
Criminal Justice Elective|  
Rounding out knowledge of crime and justice.|  
Complete one additional criminal justice elective from the 3000, 4000 or
5000-level.| 4  
Criminal Justice Capstone|  
Complete one of the following:| 4  
[CRIM 4949](/search/?P=CRIM%204949 "CRIM 4949")| Senior Capstone Seminar|  
[CY 4930](/search/?P=CY%204930 "CY 4930")| Cybersecurity Capstone|  
## Criminal Justice Co-op Integration
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Co-op students should complete at least one of the following courses. [CRIM
3000](/search/?P=CRIM%203000 "CRIM 3000") is required for the first co-op.
[CRIM 4000](/search/?P=CRIM%204000 "CRIM 4000") is required if a second co-op
is taken:|  
[CRIM 3000](/search/?P=CRIM%203000 "CRIM 3000")| Co-op Integration Seminar 2|
1  
[CRIM 4000](/search/?P=CRIM%204000 "CRIM 4000")| Co-op Integration Seminar 3|
1  
## Integrative Requirement
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Cybersecurity Integrative Course|  
[CY 4170](/search/?P=CY%204170 "CY 4170")| The Law, Ethics, and Policy of Data
and Digital Technologies| 4  
or [CY 5240](/search/?P=CY%205240 "CY 5240")|  Cyberlaw: Privacy, Ethics, and
Digital Rights  
Criminal Justice Integrative Course|  
Complete one of the following:| 4  
[CRIM 2340](/search/?P=CRIM%202340 "CRIM 2340")| Corporate Security: Securing
the Private Sector|  
[CRIM 2350](/search/?P=CRIM%202350 "CRIM 2350")| Policing a Democratic
Society|  
[CRIM 3060](/search/?P=CRIM%203060 "CRIM 3060")| Political Crime and
Terrorism|  
[CRIM 4040](/search/?P=CRIM%204040 "CRIM 4040")| Crime Prevention|  
[CRIM 5900](/search/?P=CRIM%205900 "CRIM 5900")| Topics in Criminal Justice
and Criminology|  
## Required General Electives
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Complete 24 semester hours of general electives.| 24  
## Khoury College GPA Requirement
Minimum cumulative 2.000 GPA required in all CS, CY, DS, and IS courses.
## NUpath Requirements Satisfied
  * Engaging with the Natural and Designed World
  * Conducting Formal and Quantitative Reasoning
  * Understanding Societies and Institutions
  * Analyzing and Using Data
  * Employing Ethical Reasoning
  * Writing in the First Year
  * Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
  * Writing-Intensive in the Major
  * Demonstrating Thought and Action in a Capstone
Integrating Knowledge and Skills Through Experience is satisfied through co-
op.
## Program Requirement
134 total semester hours required.
## Sample Plan of Study:
Year 1  
---  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[CRIM 1100](/search/?P=CRIM%201100 "CRIM 1100")| 4| [CRIM
1110](/search/?P=CRIM%201110 "CRIM 1110")| 4| [CS 3500](/search/?P=CS%203500
"CS 3500")  
and [CS 3501](/search/?P=CS%203501 "CS 3501")| 5| General Elective| 4  
[CS 1200](/search/?P=CS%201200 "CS 1200")| 1| [CRIM
1120](/search/?P=CRIM%201120 "CRIM 1120")| 4| [MATH
1341](/search/?P=MATH%201341 "MATH 1341")| 4| General Elective| 4  
[CS 1800](/search/?P=CS%201800 "CS 1800")  
and [CS 1802](/search/?P=CS%201802 "CS 1802")| 5| [CS
2510](/search/?P=CS%202510 "CS 2510")  
and [CS 2511](/search/?P=CS%202511 "CS 2511")| 5|  |   
[CS 2500](/search/?P=CS%202500 "CS 2500")  
and [CS 2501](/search/?P=CS%202501 "CS 2501")| 5| [CY 2550](/search/?P=CY%202550 "CY 2550")| 4|  |   
[ENGW 1111](/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111")| 4|  |  |   
| 19|  | 17|  | 9|  | 8  
Year 2  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[CRIM 3600](/search/?P=CRIM%203600 "CRIM 3600")| 4| [CS
1210](/search/?P=CS%201210 "CS 1210")| 1| [CS 3000](/search/?P=CS%203000
"CS 3000")| 4| Co-op|  
[CRIM 3700](/search/?P=CRIM%203700 "CRIM 3700")| 4| [CS
4700](/search/?P=CS%204700 "CS 4700") or [ 4730](/search/?P=CS%204730
"CS 4730")| 4| General Elective| 4|  
[CS 3650](/search/?P=CS%203650 "CS 3650")| 4| Crime Problems/CJ Institutions| 4|  |   
Elective| 4| Current Crime and Justice Issues| 4|  |   
| CRIM Elective| 4|  |   
| 16|  | 17|  | 8|  | 0  
Year 3  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
Co-op| | [CRIM 3000](/search/?P=CRIM%203000 "CRIM 3000")| 1| [ENGW 3302](/search/?P=ENGW%203302 "ENGW 3302"), [ 3308](/search/?P=ENGW%203308 "ENGW 3308"), [ 3311](/search/?P=ENGW%203311 "ENGW 3311"), or [ 3315](/search/?P=ENGW%203315 "ENGW 3315")| 4| Co-op|   
| [CY 3740](/search/?P=CY%203740 "CY 3740")| 4| General Elective| 4|  
| CJ Systemic Issues| 4|  |   
| Cybersecurity Elective| 4|  |   
| CRIM Integrative| 4|  |   
| 0|  | 17|  | 8|  | 0  
Year 4  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours|  |   
Co-op| | [CY 4740](/search/?P=CY%204740 "CY 4740")| 4|  |   
| [CRIM 4000](/search/?P=CRIM%204000 "CRIM 4000")| 1|  |   
| [CY 4170](/search/?P=CY%204170 "CY 4170") or [ 5240](/search/?P=CY%205240 "CY 5240")| 4|  |   
| Capstone| 4|  |   
| Elective| 4|  |   
| 0|  | 17|  | |  |   
Total Hours: 136