Cybersecurity 1B

Learning Outcomes

Ever wonder what it's like to be a hacker? Or think about who is trying to steal your passwords while you're shopping online using the free Wi-Fi at your local coffee shop? Unmask the cybersecurity threats around you by understanding hackers and identifying weaknesses in your online behavior. In this course, students will learn to avoid the various types of cyber attacks, including those to their social media accounts, and to predict the potential legal consequences of sharing or accessing information that they do not have the rights to. Students will dig into these crimes in depth by taking a look at cyber forensics and other cybersecurity careers. In a word where such threats have no boundaries, cybersecurity will undoubtedly play an increasingly larger role in our personal and professional lives in the years to come.