Computer Information Systems and Security, BS

This major is available in San Antonio and online. Students enrolled in the San Antonio program may not complete the program online. 

This major does not require a minor.

Total number of hours required for this degree:

120 semester hours

Total number of hours in major:

59 semester hours

Total number of advanced hours required in major:

39 semester hours

Accelerated BS-CISS to MS-Cybersecurity

Undergraduate students may earn credit toward the Master of Science in Cybersecurity degree while completing a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Computer Information Systems and Security (CISS) through the CISS Accelerated Bachelor’s to Master’s (ABM) degree program. Students accepted into the CISS ABM program will be eligible to take two courses (six credit hours) from the list of MS-Cybersecurity courses below concurrently with their undergraduate courses. These two courses will count toward both the MS-Cybersecurity degree and the advanced CISS-related course requirement in the undergraduate CISS degree. The graduate courses also allow undergraduate students to build specific career-oriented focus areas that expand on advanced undergraduate course work.

Students in the CISS Accelerated Bachelor-to-Master (ABM) degree program must adhere to the following program restrictions, admission requirements, and deadlines:

Restrictions

1. Maximum number of master’s level courses that can be taken: 2
2. Courses that must be taken prior to taking any graduate courses:
   
   
   ENGL 1313  Composition I
   
   
   
   ENGL 1314  Composition II
   
   
   MATH 1304  College Algebra
   
   
   CISS 1310   Introduction to Information and Computer Technology
   
   
   CISS 1341   Introduction to Computer Hardware
   
   
   CISS 1342   Operating Systems
   
   
   CISS 2410    Computer Programming I
   
   
   CISS 2411    Computer Programming II
   
   
   CISS 2350  Networking Technology
   
   
   CISS 3330  Database Analysis and Design
   
   
   CISS 3357  Cloud Computing

3. Graduate courses that may be taken by ABM students*:

   CISS 8302* Database Management Systems

   CISS 8304* Networking and Cloud Computing
   
   CISS 8305* Hardware and Software Platforms

CISS 8306* Basic Scripting and Programming (Substitutes for CISS 4321 )

CISS 8321 Cybersecurity Principles (substitutes for CISS 3360 )

CISS 8322 Cybersecurity Planning and Management (substitutes for CISS 3362 , prerequisite is CISS 8321 or CISS 3360  with C- or better)

*Note: CISS 8302, CISS 8304, CISS 8305, and CISS 8306 do not count toward the undergraduate Cybersecurity Certificate.

1. Students may take no more than 3 credit hours of graduate courses per semester.
2. Students must be concurrently enrolled in at least 6 credit hours of undergraduate courses.
3. Students must receive a B- or better in graduate courses in order for the class to count toward a master’s degree. (Courses with a grade lower than B- will need to be repeated in the master’s program.)
4. Students must receive a grade of C- or better for graduate courses to count toward the undergraduate major.

Admission Requirements

1. Current OLLU student
2. Overall GPA: 3.0 at time of application, prior to enrolling in first graduate course, and in semesters in which enrolled in graduate courses while an undergraduate student
3. GPA in major: 3.0 at time of application, prior to enrolling in first graduate course, and in semesters in which enrolled in graduate courses while an undergraduate student
4. At time of application, completed 75 or more credit hours that apply to a BS in CISS undergraduate degree with grades of C- or higher in all major requirements
5. Prior to enrolling in first graduate course, completed 90 or more credit hours that apply to the CISS undergraduate degree with grades of C- or higher in all major requirements completed
6. Two faculty endorsements, submitted by:
   1. Student’s faculty advisor
   2. Another full-time faculty member in the ABM discipline

Deadlines

• To begin taking graduate courses in summer or fall semesters: February 1
• To begin taking graduate courses in the spring semester: September 1