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Dec 05, 2025
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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Applied Cybersecurity Major, BS in Applied Cybersecurity
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The Bachelor of Science in Applied Cybersecurity (BSCYBR) will consist of 120 total student credit hours, as required for any bachelor’s degree at the University of Tennessee. Out of the total 120 credit hours, 27 hours will be Applied Cybersecurity core courses, including two capstone courses. The BSCYBR is designed to prepare all the enrolled students to succeed in the workforce and therefore these 27 credit hours (9 courses) will orient students with foundational concepts of applied cybersecurity domain including foundations of cybersecurity, cybersecurity tools, cryptology, incident management, risk assessment and cybersecurity related laws and policies. . Additionally, each student will then choose a combination of certificates or minors from the College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies which consist of courses from all the colleges at the University of Tennessee Knoxville colleges. The students will be supported through the CECS advising center to customize their program by selecting relevant stackable certificates. Each certificate consists of 12 student credit hours, 3 of which will be taught by CECS as gateway or core courses and 9 credit hours will be from outside CECS at UTK. Students will be able to develop a completely customized cybersecurity curriculum by selection of certificates, and elective courses from across the University. Students will complete 51-58 credit hours of VolCore courses that set the foundation for all the bachelor’s students at the University of Tennessee. Additionally, students will have college and university-wide unrestricted electives to complete the customized program.
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Campus: Knoxville, Distance Education
uTrack Requirements
Universal Tracking (uTrack) is an academic monitoring system designed to help students stay on track for timely graduation. In order to remain on track, students must complete the minimum requirements for each tracking semester, known as milestones. Milestones include successful completion of specified courses and/or attainment of a minimum GPA. uTrack requirements only affect full-time, degree-seeking students. Term 1 Milestone Notes
- Completion of at least 12 credit hours
- 2.5 cumulative GPA
Term 4 Milestone Notes
2.5 Cumulative GPA Term 6
- Arts and Humanities (AH) Elective 3 Credit Hours *
- Electives - Choose one course from CECS Certificates (3 Credit Hours)
Term 8
- Electives: Select two courses from CECS Certificates/Electives (6 Credit Hours)
Footnotes
- All students must complete the following CYBR core courses: CYBR 101* , CYBR 102 , CYBR 201 , CYBR 202 , CYBR 301, CYBR 311, CYBR 399 , CYBR 460 , CYBR 465 , CYBR 499 .
- The following courses will satisfy the Gateway Course requirement in Term 4: AC 101 ; AI 101* , AI 102* ; BINF 201 ; CECS 101* ; DATA 101* , DATA 102* ; DETR 201 ; EMER 101 ; GAME 201* ; HCI 201 ; or SUST 101* .
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