The course CYSE 201S is Cybersecurity and the Social Sciences. The following are the learning objectives from the course syllabus:

  • Compare how basic psychological, sociological, criminological, political, economic, and legal theories and models explain cybersecurity 
  • Identify the strengths and weaknesses of those theories in understanding the connections between human behaviors and cybersecurity
  • Define key concepts including cybersecurity, cybercrime, cyber criminology, cyber law, digital forensics, human factors, cyber policy, cyber risk, cyber threats, and cyberwar.
  • Identify how professionals in various cybersecurity careers apply these multidisciplinary concepts in their daily routines
  • Describe how hypotheses and research questions are formed in studies addressing cybersecurity through a social science lens
  • Describe how data are collected, measured, and analyzed in studies addressing cybersecurity through a social science lens
  • Identify how marginalized groups have confronted challenges and concerns related to cybersecurity as well as how these groups have contributed to our understanding about the topic.
  • Explain how the application of social science theories, principles, and research strategies have contributed to our understanding of cybersecurity at the societal level.

The values and skills I have learned from this class are identifying and utilizing a wide array of information and how it pertains to the cybersecurity field. Cybersecurity has many influences to include economical, social and psychological.

I have artifacts detailing my thoughts and experiences as to the evidence of my learning outcomes through this class detailed below:

Journal Entries: https://sites.wp.odu.edu/bequette/hw/

Article Reviews: https://sites.wp.odu.edu/bequette/article-reviews/

Career Professional Paper: https://sites.wp.odu.edu/bequette/tests/