Bachelor of Science in Information Technology-Cybersecurity Concentration
Curriculum as of Fall 22-23


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Total Credit Hours

126

General Education Requirements 27 Credit Hours
Course Code Course Title Prerequisite(s) Credit Hours
ARL 101 (A) Communication Skills in Arabic I No Prerequisite 3

ENG 200

English II

IELTS average score of 6 or EMSAT

average score of 1400 or passing grade in

ENG102. FWS100/USS001 as Co-req if

placed in ENG200

3
FWS 205 UAE and GCC Society

ENG102+ FWS100(E)/USS001.

FWS100(E)/USS001(Co) if placed in ENG200

3
FWS 305 Technical Communications for Work Place ENG 200 + completion of 45 Credit hours 3
FWS 310 Fundamentals of Innovation and Entrepreneurship ENG 200 + completion of 60 Credit hours 3
GES 201 General Science

ENG102+ FWS100(E)/USS001.

FWS100(E)/USS001(Co)if placed in ENG200

3
ISL 100 (A) Islamic Culture No Prerequisite 3
MTT 101 Pre-Calculus MTH 100 or MPT 3
STT 100 General Statistics No Prerequisite 3
Degree Requirements 39 Credit Hours
Course Code Course Title Prerequisite(s) Credit Hours
COE 102 Introductory Big Data Analytics STT 100 3
SWE 201 Structured Programming MTT 101 or Higher 3
CSC 202 Object Oriented Programming SWE 201 or CSC 201 3
CSC 301 Data Structures and Algorithms CSC 202 + MTT202 3
CSC 302 Database Management Systems MTT 202 + (SWE 201 or CSC 201) 3
CSC 305 Data Communications and Networks Junior Level 3
CSE 210 Introduction to Cybersecurity Engineering ECT 200 3
ECT 200 Introduction to Computing No Prerequisite 3
ITE 390 Computer Ethics CSC202 3
ITE 399A Internship/Project in IT-Part A 60 Credit Hours 1.5
ITE 399B Internship/Project in IT-Part B 90 Credit Hours 1.5
ITE 499A Capstone Design Project I Senior level + SWE 401 + ITE 421 1
ITE 499B Capstone Design Project II ITE 499A 2
MTT 202 Discrete Mathematics STT 100 3
STT 201 Intermediate Statistics and Research Methods STT 100 3
Major Requirements 42 Credit Hours
Course Code Course Title Prerequisite(s) Credit Hours
CSE 420 Ethical Hacking CSC 305 3
CIS 404 Data warehousing  and Data Mining CSC 302 3
CSC 307 Web Design SWE 201 or CSC 201 3
CSC 308 Operating systems CSC 301 3
SWE 401 Software Engineering CSC 202 3
CSC 408 Distributed Information Systems CSC 202 + CSC 305 3
ITE 401 IT Project Management SWE 401 3
ITE 402 Computer Networks Design and Implementation CSC 305 3
ITE 408 Information Security CSC 305 3
ITE 409 Human Computer Interaction CSC 401 or SWE 401 3
ITE 414 Introduction to E-commerce Junior level 3
ITE 421 Native Mobile Application Development CSC 202 3
ITE 422 System and Networks Administration CSC 305 3
ITE 442 Data Science and Big Data Analytics (SWE 201 or CSC 201) + STT 201 3
Elective Requirements 3 Credit Hours
Course Code Course Title Prerequisite(s) Credit Hours
OE1 Open Elective I - 3
Concentration Requirements 15 Credit Hours
Course Code Course Title Prerequisite(s) Credit Hours
CSE 300 Introduction to Digital Forensics SWE 201 or CSC 201 3
CSE 310 Introduction to Cryptography STT 201 + MTT 202 3
CSE 400 Network Security and Forensics CSC 305 3
CSE 410 Mobile Device Security CSC 305 3
CSC 406 Artificial Intelligence STT 201 + CSC 301 3