Computer Security (BSc) - Atkinson

Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Contact: George Tourlakis

BA Specialized Honours: 120 credits (minimum)

This is a specialized honours program that focuses on understanding threats to computer security and the techniques for combating those threats. The program requires in-depth study of computer networks, operating systems, cryptography, database systems and software engineering techniques. In addition, practical ethics and the study of law as it relates to privacy, intellectual property, and theft in our digital world, are important complementary topics that may be chosen as electives.

The department general prerequisite cumulative grade point average over all computer science major courses must be met to proceed in the program. All 2000 level and above computer science courses have general prerequisite requirements that must be met before proceeding to the next level of study. Please refer to the departmental supplementary calendar for further program details.

General Education:

• six credits from each of humanities and social science at the 1000 level;
• six credits from modes of reasoning at the 1000 level;
• the natural science requirement must be satisfied by taking one of SC/BIOL 1010 6.00, SC/CHEM 1000 3.00 and SC/CHEM 1001 3.00, SC/EATS 1010 3.00 and SC/EATS 1011 3.00, SC/PHYS 1010 6.00 or SC/PHYS 1410 6.00.

All Honours degree candidates must complete at least 30 credits which are neither computer science, mathematics nor information technology.

Note 1: A modes of reasoning (MODR) course is required to fulfill the general education requirement. A mathematics course may not be taken to fulfill this requirement.

Note 2: AK/MATH 1190 3.00 must be taken if the student has not passed 12U Geometry and Discrete Math.

Note 3: The student must choose to take either AK/AS/SC/CSE 1020 3.00 and AK/AS/SC/CSE 1030 3.00 or AK/ITEC 1620 3.00 and AK/ITEC 1630 3.00 and AK/ITEC 2620 3.00; either combination of courses meets prerequisites for 2000-level CSE courses, with a C+ grade in either AK/AS/SC/CSE 1030 3.00 or AK/ITEC 2620 3.00.

Note 4: Wherever specified ITEC courses are used to satisfy degree requirements in this program they will also be used in the general prerequisite grade point average calculation.

Required courses outside the major:

AK/AS/SC/MATH 1025 3.00; AK/AS/SC/MATH 1090 3.00; AK/AS/SC/MATH 1131 3.00; AK/AS/SC/MATH 1300 3.00; AK/AS/SC/MATH 1310 3.00; AK/AS/SC/MATH 2030 3.00; AK/AS/PHIL 2075 3.00 or AS/SC/STS 3500 3.00.

Required Science Courses: at least six additional credits in science at the 2000 level or above.

Major: 59 credits including:

AK/AS/SC/CSE 1019 3.00 (cross-listed to: AK/AS/SC/MATH 1019 3.00); AK/AS/SC/CSE 1020 3.00 and AK/AS/SC/CSE 1030 3.00 or AK/ITEC 1620 3.00 and AK/ITEC 1630 3.00 and AK/ITEC 2620 3.00; AK/AS/SC/CSE 2001 3.00; AK/AS/SC/CSE 2011 3.00;AK/AS/SC/CSE 2021 4.00; AK/AS/SC/CSE 2031 3.00; AK/AS/SC/CSE 3000 3.00; AK/AS/SC/CSE 3101 3.00; AK/AS/SC/CSE 3213 3.00; AK/AS/SC/CSE 3221 3.00; AK/AS/SC/CSE 3311 3.00; AK/AS/SC/CSE 3421 3.00 or AK/ITEC 3220 3.00; AK/AS/SC/CSE 3481 3.00; AK/AS/SC/CSE 4161 3.00 (cross-listed to: AK/AS/SC/MATH 4161 3.00); AK/AS/SC/CSE 4213 3.00; AK/AS/SC/CSE 4413 3.00; AK/AS/SC/CSE 4481 4.00; AK/AS/SC/CSE 4482 3.00.

Residency Requirement: At least 30 credits not used toward another academic program are to be taken at York University. Half the major credits must be taken through Atkinson.

Graduation: Students must successfully complete the above required minimum 120 credits with a minimum overall cumulative grade point average of 5.0.

Upper Level Requirements: Of the required minimum of 120 credits at least 39 credits must be at the 3000 level or above, and at least 12 credits must be at the 4000 level.

• Rules and Regulations in the Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies