Marymount University Graduate Certificate in Cybersecurity for Educators
The cybersecurity for educators certificate program is designed for practicing secondary school (middle and high school) teachers who wish to enhance their teaching careers and qualify to teach dual-enrollment classes in the cybersecurity field. This digital literacy for educators program provides teachers with a solid foundation in cybersecurity principles and practices, covering diversified course studies from information security best practices to cyberbullying awareness, and more. Title IV federal financial aid is not available for this graduate certificate in cybersecurity program when taken alone but is available when taken as a component of the M.S. in Cybersecurity, or M.Ed. programs.
This cybersecurity for educators certificate program is 18 total graduate credits, including these three required courses (9 credits):
- IT 520: Enterprise Infrastructure and Networks
- IT 530: Computer Security
- IT 570: Cybersecurity: Law, Policy, Ethics and Compliance.
And any three of the following courses (9 credits):
- IT 535: Advanced Computer Security
- IT 537: Computer Forensics and Incident Response
- IT 546: Principles of Data Science
- IT 547: Security and Privacy of Electronic Documents
- IT 557: Monitoring, Auditing and Penetration Testing
- IT 588: Cybersecurity Risk Management
- IT 630: Information Technology Practicum
- IT 670: Computer Network Defense
- IT 680: IT Master’s Project
