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This degree program from Bismarck State College provides a solid cybersecurity backing to information technology (IT) tasks. Classes focus on best practices to implement, administer and secure technologies used to process, transmit and store data. Graduates gain hands-on experience securing network communications, confi guring virtualization, managing cloud-based resources and performing other common security-related tasks while administering daily IT operations.
The curriculum contains core classes in firewall implementation, virtualization, cloud computing, networking, incident response, and data security. Students may have the opportunity to earn college credit through cooperative education or internship opportunities.Students may transfer prior college credit and may be eligible to earn credit for relevant life and work experience.
Upon completion, graduates will be able to:
This program is designed to allow a student to be admitted as either a transfer applicant or as a direct enrolled applicant.
Students enrolling in the Cybersecurity and Information Technology BAS program as a transfer applicant may have earned an associate in applied science or associate in science degree in an IT-related program from an accredited institution recognized by Bismarck State College. Previous college coursework, along with industry experience and/or military training, may be considered to determine eligibility.