Cyber Systems Program Objectives

a student stands in front of a server rackThe Department’s vision is empowering difference makers to solve cyber challenges through personalized, innovative learning and research opportunities.

Cyber Systems Mission Statement

Empowering cyber professionals through career-focused learning and research.

Program Accreditation and Alignment

The Cyber Systems Department emphasizes quality in all its activities in accordance with current trends in post-secondary education quality assurance. While the Department’s primary focus is on undergraduate teaching, faculty scholarship and service are encouraged in accordance with the Regents’ and Coordinating Commission’s plans and the Boyer-Rice model for such faculty activities.

The Computer Science Comprehensive program is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Computer Science and Similarly Named Computing Programs.

The Computer Science Comprehensive, Cyber Security Operations Comprehensive, and Information Technology and Networking Comprehensive programs all align with the ACM curricular standards.