BS Cyber Security
The BS Cyber Security program offered at Superior University focuses on fundamental knowledge and skills needed to protect virtual and real-life entities from cyber threats and to construct robust software to harden the security posture of any cyber system. The curriculum also addresses the gap between theory and reality as well as the role people and processes play in achieving cyber security enabling the students to act coherently and ethically in cyberspace.
Intermediate or Equivalent with 50 % Marks
- Course Duration: 4 Years
- Total Credit Hours: 131
- Semester: 8
Semester 1
| Course | Credit Hours |
|---|---|
| Introduction to Information & Communication Technologies | 4 |
| Programming Fundamentals | 4 |
| Pakistan Studies | 2 |
| Digital Logic Design | 4 |
| English Composition & Comprehension | 3 |
| Total | 17 |
Semester 2
| Course | Credit Hours |
|---|---|
| Object Oriented Programming | 4 |
| Database Systems | 4 |
| Probability & Statistics | 3 |
| Communication & Presentation Skills | 3 |
| Calculus & Analytic Geometry | 3 |
| Total | 17 |
Semester 3
| Course | Credit Hours |
|---|---|
| Data Structures & Algorithms | 4 |
| Information Security | 3 |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 |
| Linear Algebra | 3 |
| Technical & Business Writing | 3 |
| Total | 17 |
Semester 4
| Course | Credit Hours |
|---|---|
| Computer Networks | 4 |
| Computer Organization & Assembly Language | 4 |
| Analysis of Algorithms | 3 |
| Introduction to Cyber Security | 3 |
| Cyber Security Elective-1 | 3 |
| Total | 17 |
Semester 5
| Course | Credit Hours |
|---|---|
| Operating System | 4 |
| Digital Forensics | 3 |
| Information Assurance | 3 |
| Network Security | 3 |
| Discrete Structures | 3 |
| Parallel & Distributed Computing | 3 |
| Total | 19 |
Semester 6
| Course | Credit Hours |
|---|---|
| Secure Software Design and Development | 3 |
| Vulnerability Assessment & Reverse Engineering | 3 |
| University Elective-1 | 3 |
| Cyber Security Elective-2 | 3 |
| slamic Studies/ Ethics | 2 |
| Total | 14 |
Semester 7
| Course | Credit Hours |
|---|---|
| Final Year Project - I | 3 |
| Software Engineering | 3 |
| Cyber Security Elective-3 | 3 |
| Differential Equations | 3 |
| University Elective-2 | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
Semester 8
| Course | Credit Hours |
|---|---|
| Final Year Project - II | 3 |
| University Elective-3 | 3 |
| University Elective-4 | 3 |
| Professional Practices | 3 |
| Cyber Security Elective-4 | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
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