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Program
- Award
- BS
- Credential class
- ceterms:BachelorDegree
- CIP
- 30.3101
- Catalog edition
- Catalog 2026-2027
- Checklist type
- degree-program
- Description
- The cybersecurity and criminal justice combined degree applies a multidisciplinary approach to ensuring the reliability and security of cyberspace. The program will provide students with a strong programming foundation coupled with academic and experiential knowledge of the criminal justice system. Students learn how social behavior, policy, and legal rules can affect cybersecurity and utilize comparative social science to understand, predict, and explain crime.
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 167358
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_167358_3080e0f2
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 61
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Cybersecurity Major Requirements
major core · 0 items
Computer Science Overview
0 items
Must be taken in alignment with your home college:
2 items
- or: CRIM 1000 Criminal Justice at Northeasternor: INPR 1000 First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar1
- or: EESH 2000 Professional Development for Co-op1
Computer Science Fundamentals Courses
0 items
All students can take a self-assessment to attempt to place out of CS 2000 and CS 2001. Students who place out of CS 2000 and CS 2001 will instead substitute with 4-5 semester hours of CS, CY, or DS coursework at the 3000 level or higher not otherwise required in the degree.
3 items
- 4
- CS 2000and CS 2001Introduction to Program Design and Implementationand Lab for CS 2000Not resolved to a course5
- CS 2100and CS 2101Program Design and Implementation 1and Lab for CS 2100Not resolved to a course5
Computer Science Required Courses
4 items
- CS 2700and CS 2701Data Structures and Analysisand Lab for CS 2700Not resolved to a course5
- CS 3100and CS 3101Program Design and Implementation 2and Lab for CS 3100Not resolved to a course5
- 4
- or: CS 4730 Distributed Systems4
Cybersecurity Required Courses
3 items
- 4
- 4
- 4
Cybersecurity Elective
Choose 1 of the following · Complete one of the following: · electives · 32 items
- Complete one of the following:Not resolved to a course4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- or: CS 4530 Fundamentals of Software Engineering4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- or: CY 4775 Applied Cryptography4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- EECE 2322and EECE 2323Fundamentals of Digital Design and Computer Organizationand Lab for EECE 2322Not resolved to a course
- 4
- EECE 4534and EECE 4535Microprocessor-Based Designand Lab for EECE 4534Not resolved to a course
- As published: “Introduction to Law”4
- 4
- 4
- As published: “Technology and Human Values”8
- 4
- 12
Supporting Courses
0 items
Complete the following course:
1 item
- 4
Writing Requirement
0 items
College Writing
Choose 1 of the following · Complete one of the following: · 3 items
- Complete one of the following:Not resolved to a course4
- 4
- 4
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
Choose 1 of the following · Complete one of the following: · 5 items
- Complete one of the following:Not resolved to a course4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
Criminal Justice Requirements
0 items
Introduction to Crime, Law, and the Justice System
0 items
What do we know about crime and justice? In these three courses, students have an opportunity to develop a foundational understanding of three related phenomena: why crime exists, how our criminal justice system responds to crime, and the constitutional and legal oversight of this process.
3 items
- 4
- 4
- 4
Current Crime and Justice Issues
0 items
These courses introduce students to topical issues related to crime and justice.
Choose 1 of the following · Complete one of the following: · 5 items
- Complete one of the following:Not resolved to a course4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
Crime Problems and Criminal Justice Institutions
0 items
The 2000-level courses in this list ask how does justice work and for whom? These courses introduce students to the systems and institutions tasked with providing justice. Each includes experiential learning components in cooperation with local criminal justice institutions. The 3000-level courses in this list provide students a deeper look at a range of crime problems.
Choose 1 of the following · Complete one of the following: · 14 items
- Complete one of the following:Not resolved to a course4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
Creating Knowledge about Crime and Justice
0 items
How do we know what we know about crime and justice—and how do we develop new knowledge? Harnessing data to learn about issues, identify solutions, and advocate for change.
2 items
- 4
- 4
Systemic Issues
0 items
A consideration of systemic issues facing the criminal justice system.
Choose 1 of the following · Complete one of the following: · 3 items
- Complete one of the following:Not resolved to a course4
- 4
- 4
Criminal Justice Elective
electives · 0 items
Rounding out knowledge of crime and justice.
1 item
- Complete one additional criminal justice elective from the 3000, 4000 or 5000-level:Not resolved to a course4
Criminal Justice Capstone
Choose 1 of the following · Complete one of the following: · 3 items
- Complete one of the following:Not resolved to a course4
- 4
- 4
Criminal Justice Co-op Integration
0 items
Co-op students should complete at least one of the following courses. CRIM 3000 is required for the first co-op. CRIM 4000 is required if a second co-op is taken:
2 items
- 1
- 1
Integrative Requirement
0 items
Cybersecurity Integrative Course
1 item
- or: CY 5240 Cyberlaw: Privacy, Ethics, and Digital Rights4
Criminal Justice Integrative Course
Choose 1 of the following · Complete one of the following: · 5 items
- Complete one of the following:Not resolved to a course4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
Required General Electives
electives · 1 item
- Complete 20 semester hours of general electives.Not resolved to a course20
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