Overview
Cybersecurity is the art of protecting networks, devices, programs, and data from unauthorized access or criminal use and the practice of ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information. We currently live in a world where almost everyone relies on computers and the internet for communications, entertainment, transportation, shopping, medicine, electricity delivery, and national security, among others. Cybersecurity is a broad and diverse field, and there is a strong need for people who have knowledge and experience beyond traditional/expected hard science skills, such as coding, and networking. At the top of the list are skills such as critical thinking, problem-solving, conducting research, communication, attention to detail, creativity, thinking outside-the-box, and natural curiosity, which are quintessential Liberal Arts skills and expertise. The Minor in Cybersecurity and Human Behavior combines these perspectives on cybersecurity to give students a well-rounded multidisciplinary exposure and training.
Residency Requirement: Students who declare a College of Liberal Arts' minor must complete at least half of the program at Temple University. This minor requires 6 courses (minimum of 18 credits); at least 3 courses must be taken at Temple.
Minimum Grade and GPA Requirements: A minimum grade of C- must be earned in all courses in the minor as well as a minimum GPA of 2.0 in the discipline to earn this credential.
Restrictions: Students may not combine this program with the BA in Liberal Studies.
Minors are awarded only at the time of completion of the bachelor's degree and cannot be awarded either as a stand-alone program of study or after completion of the first bachelor's degree.
Curriculum Overlap Policy: Students who combine this program with any of the following programs may overlap one course:
- BA or minor in Criminal Justice
- Certificate in Forensic Psychology
- Certificate in Law and the American Criminal Justice System
- Certificate in Law Enforcement, Homeland Security and Public Safety
Campus Location: Main
Contact Information
Julien Ehrenkönig, PhD, Assistant Director
1019 Gladfelter Hall
julien.ehrenkonig@temple.edu
Joseph R. DelMastro, Administrator
509 Gladfelter Hall
joseph.delmastro@temple.edu
Please contact the College of Liberal Arts' Center for Academic Advising for more information on minors, certificates or other CLA programs.
Requirements
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| CYHB 2001 | Introduction to Cybersecurity | 3 |
| PHIL 3228 | Ethics of Artificial Intelligence | 3 |
| Electives | ||
| Select four of the following: | 12-13 | |
| Introduction to Problem Solving and Programming in Python | ||
| Cybercrime | ||
| Cyber-Investigations, Digital Forensics, and the Law | ||
| Social Engineering and Cybersecurity | ||
| Cybersecurity, Surveillance and Privacy | ||
| Cybersecurity Governance, Risk, Compliance and Policy | ||
| Community Engagement and Cyber Hygiene | ||
| Cyberpolitics | ||
| Science, Technology & Society | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 18-19 | |