{"id":300,"date":"2019-10-23T18:12:22","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T18:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/ccom\/?page_id=300"},"modified":"2025-03-24T19:55:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T19:55:49","slug":"minor-in-cybersecurity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/ccom\/minor-in-cybersecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"Minor in Cybersecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">The <span class=\"s1\"><b>Minor Concentration in Cybersecurity<\/b><\/span> is available to students majoring in <span class=\"s1\"><b>Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Information Systems<\/b><\/span>. To earn the minor, students must complete <span class=\"s1\"><b>9 additional course credits<\/b><\/span>, which can be counted toward their <span class=\"s1\"><b>Free Electives<\/b><\/span> coursework. Students from other majors within the <span class=\"s1\">University of Puerto Rico system<\/span> may also pursue the minor but must meet the <span class=\"s1\">prerequisites<\/span> for the required courses.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><b>Requirements:<\/b><b><\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p4\"><b>Enrollment:<\/b><span class=\"s2\"> Must be a student at the <\/span>University of Puerto Rico<span class=\"s2\"> (any of its <\/span>11 campuses<span class=\"s2\">).<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p4\"><b>Admission:<\/b><span class=\"s2\"> Apply for the <\/span><b>Minor in Cybersecurity<\/b><span class=\"s2\"> through the <\/span>Computer Science Department<span class=\"s2\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p4\"><b>Graduation:<\/b><span class=\"s2\"> Submit a <\/span><b>minor degree request<\/b><span class=\"s2\"> at the <\/span><b>Registrar\u2019s Office<\/b><span class=\"s2\"> before graduation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p4\"><b>Course Requirements:<\/b><span class=\"s2\"> Complete the following:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p4\">Cybersecurity courses <span style=\"font-size: 14px\">(both courses are <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 14px\">required<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">)<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1vAAWnXN9EAHdgbW34GE3C2kwkhYJ4V5LRIQVZXXMEhs\/\">CCOM 4088 \u2013 Cybersecurity<span class=\"s2\" style=\"font-size: 14px\"> (<i>minimum grade: A or B<\/i>)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"p4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1qMHNYsyc9ClQja9MMtqR3xshFDxCZERgZGfSgNmlrBs\/\">CCOM 4089 \u2013 Systems and Network Security<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p4\">Elective Course (choose <strong>one<\/strong>)<b style=\"font-size: 14px\">:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1yS_ZZ8EiRyhkiX3C9q4lqjrjBU5IrZUdY_cOKo6mIAY\/\">CCOM 4702 \u2013 Reverse Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"p4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1bHCKbPetvjy-Cc4mIn-IohwVSiwMwEMF8WXdW7P3is8\/\">CCOM 4995 \u2013 Hardware Security<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"p4\">CCOM 4995 \u2013 Digital Forensic Analysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See the <strong>Solicitation<\/strong> for the Minor here: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/upr.edu\/solicitud-grado-menor\">https:\/\/sites.google.com\/upr.edu\/solicitud-grado-menor<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Minor concentrations are not conducive to a degree, so they do not appear on the diploma. However, they are recognized in the Cert. 44, 2019-2020, of the UPR Governing Board, and represent an initiative aimed at enriching the academic experience of our students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minor Concentration in Cybersecurity is available to students majoring in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Information Systems. To earn the minor, students must complete 9 additional course credits, which can be counted toward their Free Electives coursework. Students from other majors within the University of Puerto Rico system may also pursue the minor but<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/ccom\/minor-in-cybersecurity\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-300","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/ccom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/ccom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/ccom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/ccom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/ccom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/ccom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":910,"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/ccom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/300\/revisions\/910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/ccom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}