Cybersecurity (BS)
Learn how current industry professionals protect against today’s cyber attacks, and develop the skills to dismantle future threats.
Why Cybersecurity?
Cybersecurity offers a particular skill set for protecting computer systems from technological attacks—a career that has become increasing more important for more and more organizations. You’ll learn programming with an emphasis on developing software that limits the potential of vulnerabilities. In today’s highly competitive and technology-driven economy, cybersecurity job opportunities abound in corporate, entrepreneurial, nonprofit, and ministry settings. You’ll hold a position that companies rely on.
Computer Science (BS) at Cairn
Biblical Integration
Recognize the relationships between programming, security, and people through a biblically integrated education.
Hands-On Education
Learn computer programming and networking with an emphasis on protecting against cyber threats and attacks.
Academic Opportunity
Graduate with a portfolio of professional-level projects they can showcase to future employers. A capstone or internship project will carry skills from the classroom to the workplace.
Experienced Faculty
Receive personalized mentorship and meaningful relationships from professors who have decades of industry experience.
Career Preparation
Practice the same hands-on tasks regularly faced by professionals in the workplace.
Honors Program
Join the Honors Program and dive deeper into a personal topic of interest. Earn a $2,000 scholarship.
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Required Credits: 120
Curriculum Highlights:
- CIS 321 Operating Systems
- CIS 223 Intermediate Networking
- CIS 344 Identity Management
- CIS 421 Cybersecurity Test/Defense
- CIS 421 Information Security
- CIS 431 Web Applications
Network engineer
Security administrator
Cybersecurity analyst
Digital forensics expert
Cyber warfare engineer
Identity and access management (IAM) specialist
Data loss prevention architec
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An Affordable Education
While the cost of a Cairn University education is competitive with similar institutions, we realize you may need financial assistance to take this journey. You are not alone. 97% of our full-time undergraduate students receive some form of financial assistance.
Meet Our Faculty
Brandon Petcaugh
Chair, Computer Science Programs; Assistant Professor, School of Business
Professor Petcaugh has been a teacher since graduating from Cairn in 2010. He taught for 12 years at the high school level, transitioning from mathematics to computer science during that time. He is also a Master Teacher for the nation-wide computer science curriculum “Project Lead the Way” and is an active AP reader for both AP Computer Science A and AP Computer Science Principles.
Deb Rice
Assistant Professor, School of Business
Deb has an extensive professional background in human resource management, strategic planning, operations management, consulting, and leadership coaching. She has served in a variety of profit and non-profit organizations for over 25 years, including manufacturing, media, faith-based, academia, retail, and agriculture. As a professor, she invests in students to help them gain professional competency, learn to lead effectively, and develop in their Christian faith. Deb is married to Jim and is grateful to be a mom to four grown sons, a mother-in-law, and a grandma.
