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Cybersecurity (B.S.)

  • Major
  • 4-year, On Campus

What you’ll learn

Pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity equips students with essential skills to combat the growing threats in the digital landscape. As cyberattacks become more sophisticated, organizations increasingly seek professionals proficient in protecting sensitive data and systems. This degree provides a strong foundation in network security, cryptography, and ethical hacking, making graduates highly employable. Additionally, the demand for cybersecurity experts continues to rise, offering lucrative career opportunities and job stability. Engaging in this field also allows students to contribute to the safety and privacy of individuals and organizations, making their work both meaningful and impactful in today’s tech-driven world. 

Why Study Cybersecurity at La Salle?

Students interested in Computer Science, Information Technology, Math and Security should consider this major. The program integrates the key concepts of application design, network architecture and mathematical algorithms. Students develop a security framework for protecting all types of data and as well as the resources used for the data storage and processing. They discover the gaps that allow for breaks in that secure data, networks and resources.

Early Breadth Plus Flexibility

The curriculum for first-year technology students at La Salle offers two distinct advantages.

First, all technology students take a programming class, a networking class, and a database class during their first year. This gives students a broad view of computing at an early stage, before they progress into the upper-level courses.

Second, those three classes are common across our technology majors—Computer Science (B.A./B.S.), Information Technology (B.S.), and Cybersecurity (B.S.). As a result, students can change majors between these programs as late as first semester of their sophomore year without losing any progress at all toward graduation.

Curriculum, Courses and Requirements

Meet the Faculty

Dr. Yang Wang is a Professor at La Salle University and the Director of Graduate Programs in Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, and Computer Information Science. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Georgia State University in 2012, where he received the Ph.D. Dissertation Grant Award. He taught as an instructor at Georgia State University between 2008 and 2012, and he was recognized with the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award. Before joining La Salle, he held several industry positions, including senior engineering roles (in networking and cloud computing) at Futurewei Technologies and Internap. Dr. Wang has authored about 60 peer-reviewed publications in areas including optical networking, network virtualization, cybersecurity, and pedagogy. His recent scholarly work focuses on generative AI in education and security, as well as AI-driven research on network optimization. He has secured many external/internal grants to support his teaching and research, including internal grants for undergraduate research, a CDRD grant for community-based research to develop a gamified/AI-infused youth mental health learning platform, and a recent STEM Education Grant from Triumph Foundation. He actively serves on technical committees for IEEE and ACM conferences, and he was twice recognized as an Exemplary Reviewer by the IEEE Communications Society. Dr. Wang also served as an NSF panelist, and he is an Associate Editor of Decision Analytics Journal and Editorial Board Member for Journal of Telecommunication and Information Technologies.

Yang Wang, Ph.D.

Career Opportunities

Graduates of this program will be prepared for careers such as: 

  • Network Security Analyst
  • Penetration Tester
  • Security Crime Analyst
  • Security Engineer
  • Security Architect
  • Computer Crime Investigator
  • Cyber Incident Responder
  • IT Compliance and Auditor
  • Vulnerability Assessment Analyst 
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