Online Cybersecurity Certificate
University of Delaware’s online Cybersecurity Certificate provides an opportunity for full-time workers or prospective graduate students to expand their knowledge and skills in targeted areas of specialization in Cybersecurity.
Program Overview
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Delaware offers five (5) graduate Certificates in the broader area of Cybersecurity:
- Certificate in Cybersecurity (Foundations)
- Secure Systems Certificate (Concentration)
- Secure Software Certificate (Concentration)
- Security Management Certificate (Concentration)
- Security Analytics Certificate (Concentration)
More info about the Online Master of Science in Cybersecurity
Certificate in Cybersecurity (Foundations)
This graduate Certificate requires satisfactory completion of three (3) graduate level courses (9 credits) as detailed in the program requirements below. Each Certificate program course must be completed with a grade no lower than a B-; the overall GPA of the courses in this Certificate must be no lower than 3.0.
Admission Requirements for the Certificate in Cybersecurity (Foundations)
- Applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a minimum grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 system.
- Applicants must have undergraduate degrees in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, or related disciplines. Applicants with degrees in other disciplines may be admitted depending on their experience in the relevant disciplines.
- Applicants must have programming experience in a high-level language (e.g. C, C++, java, python) and familiarity with basic networking protocols and operating systems.
- International applicants must demonstrate a satisfactory level of proficiency in the English language if English is not their first language. The University requires an official TOEFL score of at least 550 on paper-based or 79 on Internet-based tests. TOEFL scores more than two years old cannot be considered official. Alternatively, IELTS can be accepted in the place of the TOEFL. The minimum IELTS score is 6.5 overall with no individual sub-score below 6.0.
Concentration Certificates
The graduate Cybersecurity certificate program offers certificates in each of the following four cybersecurity concentration areas: (a) Secure Systems, (b) Security Analytics, (c) Security Management, and (d) Secure Software. Applicants must select one of these four areas when they apply to the program.
Admission Requirements for each concentration Certificate
The graduate concentration Certificates on Secure Systems, Security Analytics, Security Management and Secure Software have the following admission requirements for each one of the offered certificates:
- Applicants must hold the Certificate in Cybersecurity (Foundations) from the University of Delaware.
- Applicants who already have a cybersecurity certificate from the University of Delaware may reapply to pursue a new certificate on a different cybersecurity area.
- Applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a minimum grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 system.
- Applicants must have undergraduate degrees in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, or related disciplines. Applicants with degrees in other disciplines may be admitted depending on their experience in the relevant disciplines.
- Applicants must have programming experience in a high-level language (e.g., C, C++, java, python) and familiarity with basic networking protocols and operating systems.
- International applicants must demonstrate a satisfactory level of proficiency in the English language if English is not their first language. The University requires an official TOEFL score of at least 550 on paper-based or 79 on Internet-based tests. TOEFL scores more than two years old cannot be considered official. Alternatively, IELTS can be accepted in the place of the TOEFL. The minimum IELTS score is 6.5 overall with no individual sub-score below 6.0.
- Students already enrolled in a graduate cybersecurity program at UD can also register for a Cybersecurity certificate program at the same time.
Program Requirements for the Certificate in Cybersecurity (Foundations)
Each course in this Certificate must be completed with a grade no lower than a B-; the overall GPA of the Certificate in Cybersecurity courses must be no lower than 3.0.
Applicants must select three courses from the following:
- CPEG 665 – Introduction to Cybersecurity
- CPEG 671 – Pen Test and Reverse Engineering
- CPEG 672 – Applied Cryptography
- CPEG 676 – Secure Software Design
- CPEG 694 – System Hardening and Protection
- CPEG 695 – Digital Forensics
- CPEG 697 – Advanced Cybersecurity
Program Requirements for each concentration Certificate
Each certificate requires satisfactory completion of three (3) graduate-level courses (9 credits) from within the list of graduate cybersecurity courses corresponding to each area.
Each course must be completed with a grade no lower than a B-; the overall GPA across all certificate and/or MS graduate courses must be no lower than 3.0. If a course is completed with a grade lower than B- or the overall GPA is lower than 3.0, students are allowed to repeat the corresponding course or select alternative courses to satisfy the minimum grade and/or GPA requirements for the certificate.
Any particular course can only be applied towards a single certificate, and students can earn credits by registering to either on-campus (in-person) or online course sections (14-week or 7-week courses). All cyber courses (on-campus or online) are considered at parity for credit purposes in all cybersecurity degree programs.
Certificate students who are also enrolled in an M.S. or Ph.D. program at UD can only apply earned credits towards either the M.S./Ph.D. degree or the Cybersecurity certificate (but not both).
The course requirements for each certificate are listed below.
(a) For Secure Systems, applicants must select three courses from the following:
- ELEG 617 The Smart Grid
- ELEG 635 Digital Communication
- ELEG 651/CISC 650 Computer Networks II
- ELEG 658 Advanced Mobile Services
- CPEG 696 Topics in Cybersecurity
- CPEG 673 Cloud Computing and Security
- CPEG 675 IoT and Embedded Systems Security
- CISC 853 Network Management
- CISC 886 Multi-Agent Systems
- CPEG 853 Computer Systems Reliability
- CPEG 652 Principles of Parallel Computer Architectures
(b) For Security Analytics, applicants must select three courses from the following:
- ELEG 815/FSAN 815 Analytics I – Statistical Learning
- ELEG 817/FSAN 817 Large Scale Machine Learning
- CISC 683 Introduction to Data Mining
- ELEG 630 Information Theory
- CISC 637 Database Systems
- CPEG 652 Principles of Parallel Computer Architectures
- CPEG 657 Search and Data Mining
- CISC 681 Artificial Intelligence
- CISC 684/BINF 685 Introduction to Machine Learning
- CISC 689 Topics: Artificial Intelligence: Machine Learning
- CPEG 696 Topics in Cybersecurity
(c) For Security Management, applicants must select three courses from the following:
- MISY 610 Telecommunications and Networking
- FINC 612 Capital Markets & Financial Institutions
- BUAD 621 Decision Analytics and Visualization
- BUAD 640 Ethical Issues in Domestic and Global Business Environment
- MISY 640 Project Management and Costing
- MISY 650 Security and Control
- BUAD 670 Managing People, Teams, and Organizations
- BUAD 677 Skills for Change Agents
- MISY 606/ACCT 606 Object-oriented Systems Analysis, Design and Implementation
- CISC 853 Network Management
(d) For Secure Software, applicants must select three courses from the following:
- CPEG 621 Compiler Design
- CISC 621 Algorithm Design and Analysis
- CISC 637 Database Systems
- CPEG 652 Principles of Parallel Computer Architectures
- CPEG 655 High-Performance Computing with Commodity Hardware
- CPEG 657 Search and Data Mining
- CISC 663 Operating Systems
- CPEG 670 Web Applications Security
- CPEG 672 Applied Cryptography
- CISC 675 Software Engineering Principles and Practices
- CPEG 676 Secure Software Design
Tuition Information
$1,069 Per Credit Hour
Additional information about tuition and financial aid can be found on the Graduate Office's Tuition Page.