Suggested Academic Plan
Suggested Academic Plans are based on your semester of entry to Penn State and serve as a guide when scheduling courses. Work with your academic adviser and run “Academic Requirements” and “What If” reports in LionPATH to ensure that you are staying on track for graduation.
Application Focus Areas
Within the Information Technology Ethics and Compliance major, students must take a series of courses in one of the application focus areas listed below or work with their academic adviser to create a custom focus. Application focus areas allow students to develop more specialized knowledge in a specific domain.
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Business Foundations
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Cybersecurity Analytics and Operations
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Ethics and Sustainability
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Health Care
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Human-Centered Design and Development
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Law and Policy
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Organizational Leadership (World Campus)
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ROTC
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Security Risk Analysis
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Custom Application Focus
Required Internship
Every B.S., Cybersecurity Analytics and Operations student is required to complete at least one internship before graduating. For specific information and resources related to the internship requirement, which includes enrolling in the 1-credit IST 495 course, visit the Internship Program page.
Internship Program