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Program checklist · AAS

Cybersecurity, Forensics, and Information Assurance, Digital Forensics and Malware Analysis Track, AAS

Century College · White Bear Lake, MN

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
AAS
Credential class
ceterms:AssociateDegree
CIP
11.1003
Catalog edition
2026-2027 Course Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
Cybersecurity is the activity or process, ability or capability, or state whereby information and communications systems and the information contained therein are protected from and/or defended against damage, unauthorized use or modification, or exploitation. This program is designed to fill a critical and growing need for cybersecurity personnel in the public and private sectors. Students completing this curriculum will be capable of investigating and defending computer crimes/attacks and properly seize and recover computer evidence. To combat cybercrime, students in the Cybersecurity, Forensics, and Information Assurance program will study countermeasures against hacking, spam, and computer viruses through Reverse Engineering Malware and evidence gathering. Graduates may work in a variety of computer security-related fields including cybersecurity, network security, information assurance, computer incident investigation, and digital forensics analysis.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
175315
CourseShelf checklist
CK_175315_8d6c0c16
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Program Requirements

0 items

    Core Requirements

    7 items
    1. CFI 1083
      3
    2. CFI 1091
      3
    3. CTSA 1030
      3
    4. CTSA 1013
      3
    5. INET 1101
      3
    6. INET 1201
      3
    7. INET 1100
      2

    Career/Occupational Requirements

    7 items
    1. CFI 1065
      3
    2. CFI 1081
      3
    3. CFI 1085
      3
    4. CFI 1205
      3
    5. CFI 2082
      3
    6. CFI 2201
      3
    7. CFI 2202
      3

    Career/Occupational Elective Requirements

    6 items
    1. CFI 1071
      3
    2. CFI 1073
      3
    3. CFI 2072
      3
    4. CFI 2073
      3
    5. CFI 2203
      3
    6. CFI 2790
      1-3

    MnTC/General Education Requirements

    0 items

      Goal 1: Communication

      1 item
      1. ENGL 1020
        Composition I
        or: ENGL 1021 - Composition I
        4

      Requirements

      4 items
      1. COMM 1021
        3
      2. COMM 1031
        3
      3. COMM 1041
        3
      4. COMM 1051
        3

      Goal 2: Critical Thinking

      0 items

        Goal 3 and/or 4: Natural Sciences/Math/Logical Reasoning

        2 items
        1. MnTC Goal 3 Course List
          Not resolved to a course
        2. MnTC Goal 4 Course List
          Not resolved to a course

        Goal 5: History/Social/Behavioral Sciences

        1 item
        1. MnTC Goal 5 Course List
          Not resolved to a course

        Goal 6: Humanities/Fine Arts

        1 item
        1. MnTC Goal 6 Course List
          Not resolved to a course

        Goals 7-10: Theme Goals

        0 items

          Requirements

          2 items
          1. Goal 7A Human Diversity Course List
            Not resolved to a course
          2. Goal 7B Race, Power, and Justice Course List
            Not resolved to a course

          Requirements

          1 item
          1. MnTC Goal 8 Course List
            Not resolved to a course

          Requirements

          1 item
          1. MnTC Goal 9 Course List
            Not resolved to a course

          Requirements

          1 item
          1. MnTC Goal 10 Course List
            Not resolved to a course

          MnTC Elective Requirements

          0 items

            Additional Elective Requirements

            0 items

              Additional Requirements

              0 items

                Program Information

                8 items
                1. Develop an understanding of cybersecurity tools, techniques and technologies
                  Not resolved to a course
                2. Demonstrate an understanding of how traditional intelligence methods and procedures are applied to the cybersecurity domain
                  Not resolved to a course
                3. Demonstrate critical thinking and information application related to the discipline of cybersecurity, to include intelligence, computer forensics and cyber operations
                  Not resolved to a course
                4. Demonstrate understanding of the legal and technical aspects of a cybercrime investigation and the application of computer forensic tools
                  Not resolved to a course
                5. Show how ethical issues impact decision making in the cybersecurity area
                  Not resolved to a course
                6. Develop an understanding of different forms of malware
                  Not resolved to a course
                7. Develop an understanding of risk assessment and management methods related to cybersecurity and national critical infrastructures
                  Not resolved to a course
                8. Demonstrate an understanding of cyber defense and attack method
                  Not resolved to a course

                Sample Plan

                0 items

                  Semester 1

                  5 items
                  1. CFI 1065
                    3
                  2. CFI 1083
                    3
                  3. INET 1101
                    3
                  4. ENGL 1021
                    4
                  5. INET 1100
                    2

                  Semester 2

                  Choose 1 of the following · Select one · 9 items
                  1. CFI 1085
                    3
                  2. CTSA 1030
                    3
                  3. INET 1201
                    3
                  4. MnTC Goal 5: History/Social/Behavioral Sciences
                    Not resolved to a course
                    3
                  5. Select one
                    Not resolved to a course
                  6. COMM 1021
                    3
                  7. COMM 1031
                    3
                  8. COMM 1041
                    3
                  9. COMM 1051
                    3

                  Semester 3

                  5 items
                  1. CFI 1081
                    3
                  2. CFI 1091
                    3
                  3. CFI 1205
                    3
                  4. CFI 2203
                    3
                  5. CFI 2202
                    3

                  Semester 4

                  5 items
                  1. CFI 2082
                    3
                  2. CFI 2201
                    3
                  3. CTSA 1013
                    3
                  4. MnTC Goal 6: Humanities/Fine Arts
                    Not resolved to a course
                    3
                  5. MnTC Goal 3: Natural Sciences/Goal 4: Math/Logical Reasoning
                    Not resolved to a course
                    3

                  Note

                  0 items
                    Source. Century College, catalog 2026-2027 Course Catalog — https://catalog.century.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=23&poid=6785. Captured page pages/1221.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.