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CSC 308 - Operating Systems the opportunity to practice cyber CSE 499 - Capstone Project in
Credit Hours: 3 security engineering knowledge, Cybersecurity Engineering I/II
skills, and best practices in a realistic
Prerequisite: CSC 301 development environment. Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces students ECT 200 - Introduction to Prerequisite: 90 Credit Hours
to the concepts and principles of Computing The objective of this course is to
operating systems design and to provide guided experience in wide
the prevailing techniques for their Credit Hours: 3 areas of Cybersecurity engineering to
implementation. The course requires This course is meant to be an student teams working on capstone
students to be already familiar with introduction to a variety of topics in projects. The projects will integrate
the structure of a user-program the fields of information technology, various engineering skills into
after it has been converted into an computer and electrical engineering. operational engineering prototypes.
executable form and that they have The course demonstrates the The projects will emphasize problem
some rudimentary understanding importance of computers in our day- definition, design conceptualization,
of the performance trade-offs to-day life and the kind of challenges modeling, testing and system
inherent in the choice of algorithms ahead. Topics that are covered integration.
and data structures. The course will include the computer systems
cover operating systems concepts components, the operating systems The course is split into two parts and
including process management, and applications software. The is taken over two semesters to allow
memory management, file and file importance of networking, systems students enough time and improve
system management, and introduces analysis, databases, and software the quality of their design project.
distributed operating systems. Two development are highlighted. CSE 499A is a pre-requisite to CSE
concrete examples of operating In addition to that students are 499B2.
systems are used to illustrate how introduced to the principle of
the principles and techniques are electricity and circuit. The students ITE 390 - Computer Ethics
deployed in practice. will also be introduced to different Credit Hours: 3
CSE 210 - Introduction to programming languages in general, Prerequisite: CSC 202
Cybersecurity Engineering with some emphasis on a Python. A study of the ethical and social
Credit Hours: 3 CSE 399A - Internship/Project in issues related to computers and
Prerequisite: ECT 200 Cybersecurity -Part A computer networks, big data,
computer algorithms and Artificial
Credit Hours: 1.5
Cyber security engineering aims intelligence. This course examines
at developing secure systems Prerequisite: 60 Credit Hours the ethical issues arising from
by combining various aspects of CSE 399B - Internship/Project in advances in Information Technology
systems and software engineering, Cybersecurity -Part B and the responsibility that IT
and operational security. It covers professionals and users have in
all processes from risk analysis, Credit Hours: 1.5 regard to ethical computer usage.
engineering security requirements, Prerequisite: 90 Credit Hours Topics covered are social impact of
malware analysis to anticipate computing, computer crime, software
future vulnerabilities, and planning This course focuses on getting the theft, privacy, intellectual property
ongoing improvements. The student practically involved in the rights, autonomy, technology at the
course will initiate students to the day-to-day business events in a work place, technology and jobs, and
basic concepts and terminology relevant, modern and automated computer games, big data and AI,
of cyber security, standards, organization. The student will follow as well as new and emerging ethical
DevOps, building organizational a well-planned course of action issues related to technology and
models, and how cyber security during the period of training. The information.
is commonly addressed after the plan will be devised jointly by the site-
design and implementation phases. supervisor and college- supervisor. ITE 421 - Native Mobile
It will help the students build up an The course will be a breakthrough Application Development
understanding of how to integrate in exposing the students to the Credit Hours: 3
cyber security tools/techniques professional work culture and Prerequisite: CSC 202
and best practices in the design conduct of business complexities.
processes of systems engineering. During the period of internship, This course provides basic
The course incorporates a capstone students will develop their abilities knowledge and understanding of
project where students are given and skills through performing mobile applications design and
required tasks. implementation. The course also

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