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Network and Cybersecurity

Curriculum

General Education (18 Credit Hours)

ENGL-1001: English Skills

  • Credit Hours: 0
  • Pre-requisite: NA
  • Note: NA

ENGL-1011: Academic English I

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: NA
  • Note: NA

ENGL-1012: Academic English 2

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: ENGL1011
  • Note: NA

ENGL-2011: Public Speaking (Blended L.)

  • Credit Hours: 1
  • Pre-requisite: ENGL1012
  • Note: NA

ENGL-2012: Literature Review (Blended L.)

  • Credit Hours: 1
  • Pre-requisite: ENGL1012
  • Note: NA

ENGL-2013: Report Writing (Blended L.)

  • Credit Hours: 1
  • Pre-requisite: ENGL1012
  • Note: NA

HUM-1012: Emirates Society & Culture (W.B.)

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: NA
  • Note: NA

HUM-2011: Psychology

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: ENGL1012
  • Note: NA

HUM-3011: Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: ENGL2013 or completion of 60 credit
  • Note: NA
Math and Basic Sciences (16 Credit Hours)

ENG-1011: Intro to Computer Systems

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: PHYS1011,PHYS1012
  • Note: NA

ICT-2101: Discrete Mathematics

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: MATH1010
  • Note: NA

MATH-1010: Calculus I

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: MATH1001
  • Note: NA

MATH-2012: Probability and statistic

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: MATH1010
  • Note: NA

MATH?1001: PreCalculus

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: NA
  • Note: MATH1001 - Number of credits (3) is not counted for Graduation requirements

PHYS-1011: Physics I (W.B.)

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: co-req: MATH1001
  • Note: NA

PHYS-1012: Physics I Lab

  • Credit Hours: 1
  • Pre-requisite: co-req: PHYS1011
  • Note: NA
Computer Science Engineering (18 Credit Hours)

ICT-1101: Intro to Programming & Problem Solving

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: NA
  • Note: NA

ICT-1201: Object Oriented Programming in Java

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: ICT1011
  • Note: NA

ICT-1202: Intro to Computer Networks

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: ICT1011
  • Note: NA

ICT-2102: Intro to Database Systems

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: ICT1201
  • Note: NA

ICT-2103: Logic Design & Computer Organization

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: ENG1011
  • Note: NA

ICT-2201: Data Structure and Algorithms

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: ICT1201, ICT2101
  • Note: NA
Discipline Specific Topics (54 Credit Hours)

ICT-1301: Fundamentals of Information Security

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: ICT1202
  • Note: NA

ICT-2202: Operating Systems Security

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: ICT2103, ICT1301
  • Note: NA

ICT-2203: Introduction to Software Security

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: ICT1201, ICT1301
  • Note: NA

ISET-2201: Applied Cryptography

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: ICT1301
  • Note: NA

ISET-3101: InfoSec Project Management (Blended L.)

  • Credit Hours: 2
  • Pre-requisite: ICT1301
  • Note: NA

ISET-4101: Risk and Security Management

  • Credit Hours: 2
  • Pre-requisite: ICT1301
  • Note: NA

ISET-4201: Incident Handling and Response

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: ISET4101
  • Note: NA

ISET-4202: Ethics, Law and Policy in Cyberspace

  • Credit Hours: 2
  • Pre-requisite: ICT1301
  • Note: NA

NCS-2101: Network Security

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: ICT1202
  • Note: NA

NCS-2201: Ethical Hacking and Digital Forensics

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: NCS2101
  • Note: NA

NCS-3101: Fundamentals of Storage Networking

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: ICT1202
  • Note: NA

NCS-3102: Wireless Network Security

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: NCS2101
  • Note: NA

NCS-3103: Security Protocols in?depth

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: NCS2101
  • Note: NA

NCS-3104: Cloud Security

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: NCS2101
  • Note: NA

NCS-3201: Perimeter Protection

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: NCS2306
  • Note: NA

NCS-3202: Adv Pen Testing & Ethical Hacking

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: NCS2306
  • Note: NA

NCS-3203: Fundamental of Digital Forensics

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: NCS2101
  • Note: NA

SSD-2201: Web Programming and Security

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: ICT1301, ICT2102
  • Note: NA

SSD-3201: Malware Analysis: Tools & Techniques

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: NCS2304, SSD2201
  • Note: NA
On-Campus-Training (OCT) (12 Credit Hours)

NCS-2301: Routing and Switching – OCT I

  • Credit Hours: 1
  • Pre-requisite: ICT1202
  • Note: NA

NCS-2302: Secure Network Design – OCT I

  • Credit Hours: 1
  • Pre-requisite: NCS2101
  • Note: NA

NCS-2303: Network Security – OCT I

  • Credit Hours: 1
  • Pre-requisite: NCS2101
  • Note: NA

NCS-2304: Ethical Hacking and Pen. Testing – OCT I

  • Credit Hours: 1
  • Pre-requisite: NCS2201
  • Note: NA

NCS-2305: Web and Database Security- OCT I

  • Credit Hours: 1
  • Pre-requisite: NCS2101
  • Note: NA

NCS-2306: Penetration Testing in-Depth – OCT I

  • Credit Hours: 1
  • Pre-requisite: NCS2201
  • Note: NA

NCS-3301: Linux-Unix Security Administration- OCT II

  • Credit Hours: 1
  • Pre-requisite: ICT2202
  • Note: NA

NCS-3302: Server Security Administration- OCT II

  • Credit Hours: 1
  • Pre-requisite: ICT2202
  • Note: NA

NCS-3303: Advanced Routing and Switching- OCT II

  • Credit Hours: 1
  • Pre-requisite: NCS2301
  • Note: NA

NCS-3304: Network Perimeter Protection- OCT II

  • Credit Hours: 1
  • Pre-requisite: NCS3201
  • Note: NA

NCS-3305: Intrusion Detection & Response – OCT II

  • Credit Hours: 1
  • Pre-requisite: NCS3201
  • Note: NA

NCS-3306: Digital Forensics and Investigation- OCT II

  • Credit Hours: 1
  • Pre-requisite: NCS3203
  • Note: NA
Graduation Projects Course (6 Credit Hours)

NCS-4101: Graduation Project I

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: ENGL2011 & ENGL2012 & ENGL2013 & Completion of Min 95CRs & GPA>=2
  • Note: NA

NCS-4201: Graduation Project II

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: NCS4101
  • Note: NA
Technical Elective (6 Credit Hours)

ISET4001: Homeland Security

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: NCS2201
  • Note: NA

ISET4002: Advanced Cryptography

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: ISET2201
  • Note: NA

ISET4003: Security Governance&Compliance

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: ICT1301
  • Note: NA

ISET4004: Security Architectures&Models

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: ICT1301
  • Note: NA

ISET4005: Privacy in a networked world

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: ICT1301
  • Note: NA

ISET4006: BlockChain Technology&Security

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: ISET2201
  • Note: NA

ISET4007: Digital Forensics & Cyber Inv

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: NCS3203
  • Note: NA

NCS4001: Hardware based Security

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: ICT1301
  • Note: NA

NCS4002: Wireless Ethical Hac.&Defense

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: NCS3102
  • Note: NA

NCS4003: Network Security Trends

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: NCS3201 OR NCS3104
  • Note: NA

NCS4004: Advanced network Security

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: NCS2101
  • Note: NA

SSD4002: Reverse Engineering

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: SSD3201
  • Note: NA

SSD4005: Advanced Web Security

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: SSD2201
  • Note: NA
Engineering Skills Electives (6 Credit Hours)

ENGT1100: Introduction to Process Plant Operations

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: NA
  • Note: NA

ENGT1101: Engineering Technology Skills

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: NA
  • Note: NA

ENGT1102: Environmental Sustainability and Social Responsibility

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: NA
  • Note: NA

ENGT1103: Fundamentals of Data Science

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: NA
  • Note: NA

ENGT1104: Aviation Technology Skills

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: NA
  • Note: NA

ENGT1105: Ethics in AI and Technology

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: NA
  • Note: NA

ENGT1106: Health and Well-being

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: NA
  • Note: NA

ENGT1107: Introduction to IoT

  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Pre-requisite: NA
  • Note: NA
On-Job-Training (Internship) (6 Credit Hours)

NCS-4301: On Job Training (Internship)

  • Credit Hours: 6
  • Pre-requisite: Completion of all courses (136 CRs).
  • Note: NA
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