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Vulnerability Assessment
Undergraduate CertificateThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2026–2027 academic year.
The online vulnerability assessment certificate program at University of Maryland Global Campus is designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills to examine software for embedded vulnerabilities—whether they are accidental or malicious—that create weaknesses that may be exploited by hackers. In this program, you’ll learn techniques to identify such flaws in software.
Program Highlights
- Gain hands-on experience: Examine software for embedded vulnerabilities that create weaknesses exploited by hackers.
- Build your skills: Design, implement, test, debug, and document Java programs using development tools.
- Analyze code: Use software to analyze code and isolate and prioritize processes that could compromise data integrity.
- Build knowledge: Study the techniques for finding solutions through structured programming and step-wise refinement.
- Design modern applications: Design and build Python applications that are resistant to common security threats.
- Present solutions: Plan, manage, document, and communicate all phases of a secure software development cycle.
Required Courses
- (3 Credits, CMSC 105)
You may be able to waive this course if you have prior programming experience.
- (3 Credits, CMSC 115)
- (3 Credits, CMSC 215)
- (3 Credits, CMSC 220)
- (3 Credits, CYOP 300)
- (3 Credits, CYOP 325)
- (3 Credits, CYOP 360)
Career Preparation
This program is designed to help you learn how to identify system vulnerabilities.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
No previous experience is needed.
Total Program Credits
21
Transfer Credits
Up to 9
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $337 per credit (in-state)
- $499 per credit (out-of-state)
- $250 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
Cybersecurity Technology
Bachelor of ScienceThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2026–2027 academic year.
Build career-focused computing skills and ensure the digital safety of your organization with an online bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity technology from University of Maryland Global Campus. Connect and network with similar-minded peers and learn from highly regarded faculty members who are experts in the field. Save time and money on your cybersecurity degree thanks to our variety of scholarship opportunities and our generous transfer credit policy. Why wait? Take the first step and apply today!
Program Highlights
- Secure systems: Design, implement, and secure cyber systems and environments.
- Apply principles: Apply core cybersecurity principles to networking and secure systems.
- Assess risk: Assess, manage, and mitigate organizational cyber risk.
- Leverage AI: Leverage AI and emerging technologies in cyber practice.
- Build expertise: Demonstrate competencies aligned with cybersecurity industry certifications.
- Apply strategy: Apply business, strategic, and operational analysis in cybersecurity contexts.
- Demonstrate ethics: Demonstrate ethical, legal, and professional responsibility in cyber practice.
- Identify threats: Identify vulnerabilities through controlled exploitation and troubleshooting.
Required Courses
- (3 Credits, CMSC 105)
- (3 Credits, CMIT 265)
- (3 Credits, CMIT 291)
- (3 Credits, CMIT 320)
- (3 Credits, CMIT 321)
- (3 Credits, CMIT 326)
- (3 Credits, CMIT 360)
- (3 Credits, CMIT 380)
- (3 Credits, CSIA 300)
Required Major Electives
Any four upper-level courses (12 credits) from ARIN, CMIT, CMSC, CSIA, or CYOP disciplines, provided prerequisites are met.
Capstone Course
(3 Credits, CMIT 495)
Career Preparation
This degree program is designed for mid-level professionals hoping to advance their careers in a high demand industry. A cybersecurity degree may help you qualify for cybersecurity jobs such as security engineer, systems administrator, solutions architect, Linux systems administrator, information security analyst, information systems manager, cybersecurity analyst, cybersecurity engineer, and more.Â
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
No previous experience is needed.
Total Program Credits
120
Transfer Credits
Up to 90
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $337 per credit (in-state)
- $499 per credit (out-of-state)
- $250 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
Cyber Operations
Bachelor of ScienceThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2026–2027 academic year.
Advance in your career with an online bachelor’s degree in cyber operations from University of Maryland Global Campus. Increase your marketability by learning and developing career-relevant skills including software development and cloud programming. Expand your knowledge base under the direction of experienced faculty members who bring their practical expertise to the classroom. Earn your degree on your own time with our convenient online courses and save time and money with our generous transfer credit policy. Why wait? Take the first step and apply today!
Program Highlights
- Produce reports: Work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment to produce security documentation and technical analysis reports and respond to cyberspace events indicating new trends or unusual activity.
- Learn programming: Apply programming languages and scripts to manage cybersecurity monitoring, cyber-attacks, breaches, and secure software development and analysis.
- Use cyber tools: Use cyberspace tool sets to detect and exploit application, network, and other system vulnerabilities while emulating adversarial approaches.
- Identify threats: Identify and respond to emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and exploits to defend and protect an organization’s resources and assets in cyberspace.
- Learn ethical hacking: Leverage resources and analytic techniques to penetrate targeted networks ethically while adhering to cybersecurity and privacy laws and regulations.
Required Courses
- (3 Credits, CMIT 265)
- (3 Credits, CMIT 291)
- (3 Credits, CYOP 200)
- (3 Credits, CYOP 300)
- (3 Credits, CYOP 310)
- (3 Credits, CYOP 360)
- (3 Credits, CYOP 380)
- (3 Credits, CYOP 400)
- (3 Credits, CYOP 420)
- (3 Credits, CYOP 480)
- (3 Credits, CYOP 495)
Career Preparation
This program is designed to help prepare you for technical and leadership roles in diverse application development and security settings, including high-demand areas such as coding, security analysis, security management, application and software architecture, information security, intrusion analysis, penetration testing, programming languages, software development, software engineering, security and code auditing, intelligence, and system architecture.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
No previous experience is needed.
Total Program Credits
120
Transfer Credits
Up to 90
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $337 per credit (in-state)
- $499 per credit (out-of-state)
- $250 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.