Computer Information Systems (CIS) / CIS Transfer Options / From LSC Network Administration and Cybersecurity to SCSU Cybersecurity
Complete your two year degree at Lake Superior College. Then attend St. Cloud State University online or on-campus. All 72 credits completed at Lake Superior College will transfer to St. Cloud State University. Here is your plan:
Save thousands on your bachelor’s degree. Complete the Network Administration and Cybersecurity A.A.S. at Lake Superior College and then transfer to St. Cloud State University (SCSU) to earn a bachelor’s degree without losing credits or having to take extra courses. LSC partners with St. Cloud State (SCSU) to offer the second two years of their four-year bachelor’s degree in IT Security on the LSC campus.
The Transfer Agreement between Lake Superior College and St. Cloud State University provides a means to earn a Cybersecurity, Bachelor of Science degree at St. Cloud State University.
- The Cybersecurity B.S. can be used in multiple career fields
- All 72 credits earned with the LSC Network Administration and Cybersecurity AAS degree will transfer to St. Cloud State University
- 63 additional credits at SCSU will be required for completion of the Cybersecurity B.S. degree
LSC students will need to take some pre-program courses before being eligible for SCSU junior-level courses. Students with no prior coursework will need to take:
- Calculus (Pre-Calculus)
- Into to Programming
- 9 extra General Educations credits (which meet the course requirements for SCSU general education)
Contact Matt McCullough with questions.
Transfer Agreement between SCSU Cybersecurity and LSC Network Administration and Cybersecurity
Contact: Mark Schmidt (SCSU)
First Semester
- CNA 425-Data Communications (3 credits)
- CNA 426-Computer Networks (3 credits)
- CSCI 201-Fundamentals of Computer Science (4 credits)
- MATH 271-Discrete Mathematics I (3 credits)
Liberal Ed -3 credits
Major credits: 13 (total: 16) Fall
Second semester
- CNA 473- Operational Software Safeguards (3 credits)
- CNA 430-Firewall and Penetration Testing (3 credits)
- CSCI 220-Computer Architecture I (4 credits)
- ENGL 332-Writing in the Professions (4 credits) or CMST 341 (3 credits) – Communications in Workplace
Liberal Ed – 3 credits
Major credits: 13/14 (total: 16/17) Spring
Liberal Ed – 4 credits – taken in summer
Third semester
- STAT 417-Applied Probability & Simulation (3 credits)
- CNA 432-OSI Layers Security (3 credits)
- CNA 465 – Wireless Networks (3 credits)
- CNA 433 – Security Principles and Laws (3 credits)
IS 443 – Database (3 credits)
Liberal Ed – 3 credits
Major credits: 15 (total: 18) Fall
Fourth semester
- CSCI 332- Ethics (3 credits)
- CNA 438-Applied Cryptography (3 credits)
- IS 472-Security Management and IT Risk Assessment (3 credits)
- CNA 431 – Offensive and Defensive Security (3 credits)
- CNA 435 – Offensive and Defensive Security Lab (1 credit)
Liberal Ed – 3 credits
Major credits: 13 (total: 10) Spring
Notes:
- Courses waived/transferred (from LSC): two major electives (CIS 2814, 2976,2980, 2987), one major elective 6
credits out of CIS 2560, 2973, 2974), one major elective (CIS 2811, 2812, 2813) - Beginning Programming will be taken at LSC
- Calculus will be taken at LSC
- Take CNA 397 or equivalent in summer before transferring at SCSU
- 15 credits of Liberal Ed taken at LSC +9 credits of Lib Ed in Summer before they join SCSU, 16 credits taken at SCSU
- Total 40 credits of Liberal Ed courses needed.
- Total 40 credits of upper division coursework at SCSU required.