South Dakota Board of Regents

EXISTING PROGRAM: SUBSTANTIVE PROGRAM MODIFICATION

This form is used to request substantive changes in already existing programs (majors, minors, specializations).

1. INSTITUTION:

Dakota State University

2. PROGRAM TITLE:

B.S. Computer and Network Security

3. THIS PROPOSAL DEALS WITH A CHANGE IN:
	Distribution of Credits
		total credits required within the discipline	X	Program name
	X	total credits of supportive course work		Existing specialization
	X	total credits of elective course work		Addition of specialization
		total credits required for program		Other (explain)

4. EFFECTIVE DATE OF CHANGE:

Fall 2007

5. LEVEL:			6. CATEGORY:
		Certificate		Minor
		Associate Degree	x	Major
	x	Bachelor’s Degree		Specialization
		Master’s Degree
		Doctoral Degree

7. PRIMARY ASPECTS OF THE MODIFICATION:

Existing Curriculum Proposed Curriculum (Highlight Changes)

Pref	Num	Title	Cr Hrs	Pref	Num		Title	Cr Hrs
Required courses			54	Required courses				54
BADM	456	Cyberlaw	3
				CIS		245	Info Sec Fund	3
CIS	275	Web Prog I	3	CIS		275	Web Prog I	3
CIS	328	Operating Env	3	CIS		328	Operating Env	3
CIS	332	Systems Analysis	3	CIS		332	Systems Analysis	3
CIS	350	Comp HW, Data, Net	3	CIS		350	Comp HW, Data, Net	3
CIS	375	Web Prog II	3	CIS		375	Web Prog II	3
CIS	383	Networking I	3	CIS		383	Networking I	3
CIS	385	Networking II	3	CIS		385	Networking II	3
CIS	388	Comp Forensic Fund	3	CIS		388	Comp Forensic Fund	3
CIS	414	Computer Security	3	CIS		414	Computer Security	3
CIS	416	Network Security	3	CIS		416	Network Security	3
CIS	418	Intrusion Detection	3	CIS		418	Adv Computer Forensics	3
CIS	422	Cryptography	3	CIS		422	Software Security	3
CIS	424	Internet & E-Comm	3	CIS		424	Internet & E-Comm	3
CIS	484	Database	3	CIS		484	Database	3
CIS	494	Internship	3	CIS		494	Internship	3
	or	Operating Systems				or	Operating Systems
CIS	498	Undergrad Research		CIS		498	Undergrad Research
CSC	250	Computer Science II	3	CSC		250	Computer Science II	3
CSC	409	System & Sec Prog	3	CSC		409	System & Sec Prog	3
Required support courses			24	Required support courses				18
ACCT	210	Accounting II	3	BADM		336	Entrep I	3
ACCT	211	Accounting II	3	BADM		406	Acct for Entrep	3
BADM	220	Bus Statistics	3	BADM			Elective course	3
	360	Org & Mgmt	3	ENGL		208	Doc & Pres	3
BADM	370	Marketing	3	MATH		201	Intro to Applied Math	3
BADM	378	Mktg for E-Comm	3	MATH		281	Intro to Statistics	3
ENGL	208	Doc & Pres	3			or
MATH	201	Intro to Applied Math	3	BADM		220	Business Stats
Electives			9	Electives				15

Total number of hours required

128

Total number of hours required

128

8. EXPLANATION OF THE CHANGE:

The new Security Fundamentals course (CIS 245) is being added to this program and will provide students with a security foundation that can be reference in all other technology courses.  The list of required support courses is being changed by adding two entrepreneurial courses and a statistics course.  Open electives is being increased from 9 to 15 credits.