Certificate of Achievement; Cyber Security

Students will learn the skills to investigate cyber-attacks or stop them before they even begin.

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Program Student Learning Outcomes:

• Set up and construct a secure peer-to-peer and client server network
• Secure mobile devices and wireless networks
• Examine general security concepts and communication security
• Use forensic tools to extract digital evidence
• Harden networks against reconnaissance and penetration

 Specific occupation(s) or field(s) the program will prepare students to enter:

• Information Security Analysts

 Information:

• The median earnings in the second fiscal quarter after program completion is $8,402
• 60% of students are earning a living wage
• 60% of students are employed within six months after completing a program

 The basic occupational competencies students will acquire will be tasks that entry level information security analysts would be asked to perform including:

• Set up and construct a secure peer-to-peer and client server network
• Secure mobile devices and wireless networks
• Examine general security concepts and communication security
• Use forensic tools to extract digital evidence
• Harden networks against reconnaissance and penetration

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
COSN 10	Networking Fundamentals	4	Yr 1, Fall
COSN 200	Wireless and Mobile Devices	3	Yr 1, Fall
COSS 271	Network Security Fundamentals	3	Yr 1, Fall or Spring
COSS 272	Computer Forensics and Investigation	3	Yr 1, Spring
COSS 273	Ethical Hacking and Counter-measures	4	Yr 1, Spring

Proposed Sequence: 

Year 1, Fall = 7 or 10 units 

Year 1, Spring = 7 or 10 units

TOTAL UNITS: 17 units 

Due to Guided Pathway efforts, Long Beach City College is sending low unit Certificates of Accomplishment to the Chancellor’s Office for approval. Once approved, these already-existing programs will become Certificates of Achievement and will allow the College to better serve students.

LBCC has been offering this program in the LBCC District as a Certificate of Accomplishment since August 1, 2005 and has coexisted without competitive destruction to the other colleges in the region. LBCC is taking the program through the LAOCRC for discussion and recommendation. This is the formal avenue of communication for the colleges in the area. The local colleges that offer similar programs for Computer Networking (0708.10) are: • Cerritos • LA City • LA Pierce • Mt San Antonio • West LA The local colleges that offer similar program for Computer Infrastructure and Support (0708.00) are: • Citrus • LA Valley • Mt San Antonio

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