Secure Software Development AAS Degree

This area of emphasis prepares you to become an entry-level programmer focusing on secure software development practices.  Learn the current secure software practices to reduce vulnerabilities in the code before deployment, validate input from data sources to prevent security risks at the software level.  You will learn to design, develop, build, troubleshoot, debug, maintain, and test secure software application programs in a variety of programming languages.

Degree Requirements

AAS Prerequisite: Working knowledge of computers and computer basics.

Required Courses

ENG 1021	English Composition I: CO1	3
	or
ENG 1031	Technical Writing I: CO1	3
MAT 1340	College Algebra: GT-MA1	4
Total Credit Hours:		7

Choose one of the following

COM 1150	Public Speaking	3
COM 1250	Interpersonal Comm: SS3	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

Credit from any two of the following three areas:

Arts & Humanities (ART, FRE, GER, HUM, ITA, JPN, LIT, MUS, PHI, RUS, SPA, THE)
Natural & Physical Sciences (AST, BIO, CHE, ENV, GEY, PHY, SCI)
Social & Behavioral Sciences (ANT, ECO, GEO, HIS, POS, PSY, SOC)

Total Credit Hours:

6

Required Courses

CSC 1019	Intro. to Programming (lang)	3
CSC 1060	Computer Science I: (Language)	4
CSC 1061	Computer Sci II: (Language)	4
CSC 2025	Computr Arch/Assembly Language	4
CSC 1029	Introduction to Secure Coding	3
CSC 2045	Secure Software Dev. (Lang.)	3
CIS 2020	Fundamentals of Unix	3
CIS 2040	Database Design & Development	3
CIS 2043	Introduction to SQL	3
CIS 2068	Systems Analysis and Design I	3
Total Credit Hours:		33

Choose 9 credits from the following:

CSC 2017	Advanced Python Programming	3
CSC 2040	Java Programming	3
CSC 2041	Advanced Java Programming	3
CSC 2046	Mobile App Development: (platform)	3
CNG 1001	Networking Fundamentals	3
CNG 1031	Prin of Information Assurance	3
CNG 1032	Network Security Fundamentals	3
CWB 1010	Intro to Web Authoring	3
CWB 2005	Client-side Scripting: (Soft)	3
CWB 2008	Web App Dev: (Dev Tool(s))	3
Faculty advisor-approved elective	Faculty advisor-approved elective	3
Total Credit Hours:		9

Choose one of the following:

CIS 2089	Capstone	3
CSC 2080	Internship	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

Total Credit Hours: 61