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2021-2022 Academic Catalog 
    
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Cybersecurity: Core Technologies Certificate


The Department of Computer Science  offers a 9-unit advanced (graduate) certificate program to students to advance knowledge of cybersecurity. The Cybersecurity: Core Technologies Certificate program aligns with nationally defined knowledge areas and prepares students to become a professional in cybersecurity and information assurance.

University Advanced Certificate Requirements

Advanced certificate programs offers postbaccalaureate students coursework leading to a specific, applied, focused goal. In order to be eligible for admission to an advanced certificate, students complete an intake form or apply through CalState Apply and submit an official transcript(s) (noting the completion of a U.S. bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution or the equivalent of a U.S. bachelor’s degree from an accredited and/or recognized institution from a foreign country). Students must have a minimum of 2.5 undergraduate GPA.

Students must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0 in all advanced certificate coursework, with no less than the grade of “C” in any course. A maximum of 4 units of coursework with a grade of “C” can count toward an advanced certificate. A maximum of 4 units of coursework may be repeated. Undergraduate lower division courses are not applicable to advanced certificates. A maximum of 30% of any graduate degree program units (e.g., 9 units for a 30-unit Master’s degree) can be completed from another institution and/or units from Open University (including advanced certificate courses) at SJSU with approval from the department or school. The choice of grading requirements may have implications for transferability to degree programs (University Policy S16-17). 

The advisor/director of the program is responsible for verifying a student’s satisfactory completion of the academic requirements established for the program and for forwarding a copy of the certificate audit completion form to the Office of Graduate Admissions and Program Evaluations. The Office of the Registrar records the completion of the program on the student’s transcript. 

Certificate Core


With the permission, CS 158A  may be substituted for one regular CS course that lists CS 158A  as a prerequisite (including CS 158B , CS 258 , and CS 268 ).

Total Units Required (9 units)