Graduate Cyber Security Certificate Overview
What are the security risks inherent in wireless communication? How do you make a network more secure? How do you thwart a cyberattack? Our 12-credit, 100% online Graduate Cyber Security Certificate is designed to address these and many other critical questions. Over the course of the program, you’ll explore advanced encryption techniques, learn how to identify security vulnerabilities and breaches and the tools needed to combat them, and examine various aspects of network security.
Our program’s 100% online format enables you to complete classwork from virtually any location. The skills, experience, and new credential you’ll gain can empower you to pursue a rewarding new professional path in cyber security.
Other program benefits include:
- Efficiency: The required credit hours are graduate-level and stackable towards UT Permian Basin's master's degree in computer science. It's a great option if you plan on applying for the full master's degree at a later time.
- Flexibility: Join the certificate program at any time throughout the year, and take the required coursework in any order you choose.
Simulcast Courses
Select courses for our program are simulcast, which means they’re presented online through a live streaming video feed that you’ll view at a scheduled time. Like all program courses, you can participate in these classes from any location with internet access.
Advancement Potential for Graduate Cyber Security Certificate Holders
According to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), an agency overseen by the Department of Homeland Security, advanced, specialized training can help cyber security professionals progress in the field. CISA states that this training can drastically improve your “value and competitiveness,” potentially positioning you for advanced cyber security roles, including:
Our online Graduate Cyber Security Certificate program consists of four courses, for a total of 12 credit hours.
Admission Requirements
General Admission Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university
- GPA of 3.0 or better in the last 60 credit hours of coursework leading to the baccalaureate degree
- Official transcripts
Conditional Admission Requirements
If you do not have a GPA of 3.0 or better in the last 60 credit hours of coursework, you may qualify for conditional admission.
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university
- Official transcripts
- An essay discussing relevant industry experience
Official Transcripts
Official copies of transcripts must come directly from the school in a sealed envelope and should be mailed to:
UT Permian Basin
Graduate Studies Office
4901 E. University Blvd.
Odessa, TX 79762
Official transcripts in electronic format can be sent to gradstudies@utpb.edu.
Application Fee
The application fee is $40.
If you have any questions regarding the admission requirements, please email studentinquiries@online.utpb.edu.
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science
yuan_q@utpb.edu
Dr. Yuan holds a PhD in computer science from Florida Atlantic University. His research interests include mobile computing, routing protocols, peer-to-peer computing, cloud systems, and network security. The purpose of his research is to develop new concepts, algorithms, and techniques and to harness existing techniques in network and security applications. He is currently head of the computer science graduate program and the Undergraduate Cyber Security Certificate program at UT Permian Basin.
Professor
Department of Computer Science
lee_h@utpb.edu
Dr. Haesun Lee holds a PhD in computer science from Illinois Institute of Technology. Her primary areas of interest are programming languages, object-oriented software design, and real-time operating systems. She has published and continues to do research in the areas of scheduling (bounded predictable tasks, periodic tasks, soft aperiodic tasks, and more), development process (conceptual through detailed), and validation methods and approaches (theoretical and practical applications). The purpose of her research is to develop new concepts and algorithms and apply them to real-world problems. Dr. Haesun Lee was a recipient of the 2006 UTPB Outstanding Teacher Award.
We’re pleased to offer program admission on a rolling basis.
Rolling admission refers to our process of accepting and evaluating applications as we receive them and moving any applications that miss the deadline to the next semester. However, if you want to enroll in courses for a specific semester, you will need to make note of the application deadlines found below. If you don’t complete your application and submit the required materials by the deadline, your application will be rolled over to the next semester.