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Building on the strength of a popular cybersecurity minor within the\u00a0College of Letters and Sciences<\/a>, the new undergraduate cybersecurity program will offer both a major and a minor as well as three emphases, including a cyber-operations emphasis that is designed to offer a seamless transfer pathway for two-year technical college graduates.<\/p>\n

Provost John Chenoweth, who was dean of the university\u2019s\u00a0College of Business and Economics<\/a>\u00a0when the online master\u2019s degree in cybersecurity was developed and launched, said, \u201cThis undergraduate program responds to the regional and national needs for cybersecurity talent to protect both business and government from cybersecurity attacks and will produce graduates better equipped to pursue lucrative, in-demand cybersecurity careers such as security engineers, security analysts, security consultants, and security managers.\u201d<\/p>\n

An interdisciplinary major housed in the College of Letters and Sciences, the program will involve faculty and coursework from the departments of computer science, mathematics, and sociology as well as colleagues in the department of information technology and supply chain management in the university\u2019s business college. Coursework within the degree includes intro to cybersecurity, intrusion detection, information assurance and security, statistics, discrete mathematics, programming, cryptography, and network and computer systems security.<\/p>\n

In a collaboration with the university\u2019s Cybersecurity Center for Business, the center\u2019s cyber range will be used for hands-on simulation practice. And, while not required for the cybersecurity program, an internship will be strongly recommended.<\/p>\n

The degree\u2019s capstone will be in cybersecurity systems engineering.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur Cyber 459 course is systems security engineering, which will help our students prepare for an internship,\u201d said Jiazhen Zhou, chair of the\u00a0Department of Computer Science<\/a>\u00a0at UW-Whitewater. \u201cIt\u2019s a hands-on course designed to prepare them to apply. Companies and organizations in both the private and public sectors \u2014 from American Family Insurance, Acuity, Northwestern Mutual, and Cuna to the U.S. government and the military \u2014 are looking to develop cybersecurity talent.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 120-credit undergraduate program will initially be offered in person, and online coursework will be added over time.<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0Cyber Seek<\/a>, a project supported by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education, the average salary is $91,000 for a cybersecurity consultant, $99,000 for a cybersecurity engineer, and $103,000 for a cybersecurity manager\/administrator.<\/p>\n

For information on UW-Whitewater\u2019s B.S. in cybersecurity, contact Jiazhen Zhou, chair of the Department of Computer Science, at\u00a0zhouj@uww.edu<\/a>\u00a0or 262-472-5172.<\/p>\n

Written by\u00a0Kristine Zaballos<\/a>\u00a0| Photos by\u00a0Craig Schreiner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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