Select four other majors offered by ODU and explain how those majors relate to cybersecurity.
Four majors that are similar to cybersecurity that Old Dominion University offers would be Cyber Operations, Cybercrime, Computer Science, and Information Technology. Before we go over how similar these other majors are, let’s first delineate as to what Cybersecurity is at ODU. According to ODU, the Cybersecurity program prepares graduates with the skills necessary to protect computer systems, networks, and online data from attack and compromise. Throughout the program, students will learn to troubleshoot and to identify potential security lapses through classroom instruction, hands-on computer lab sessions and opportunities to participate in research projects. These courses focus primarily on computer science, computer engineering and engineering management, information technology and decision science, information assurance, wireless networking, criminal justice, philosophy, and psychology. Students will learn how to collect forensic evidence in prosecution of cybercrime or maintenance of network security. Cyber Operations is an interdisciplinary major encompassing the entire scope of cyberspace and related operations that are both technical and non-technical (i.e., ethical, legal, human-centered, etc.) in nature. Cyber Operations is a complementary discipline to Cybersecurity. Cyber Operations places a particular emphasis on technologies and techniques applicable to all operational and system levels. Coursework in Cyber Operations balances theory, practice and hands-on labs inspired by real-life scenarios. Skills and competencies emphasized are in system attack, infiltration, exploitation, defense, mitigation, and recovery. As this major encompasses the entire scope of cyberspace, it is obviously seen how these majors are related in how cybersecurity mainly focuses on the network security side of cyberspace, along with frameworks and other aspects. The cybercrime major prepares students for occupations in law enforcement and information technology. Students in the cybercrime program will be required to developed strong written and verbal communication skills, as well as skills in mathematics and logic. Students will take courses in criminology, cybersecurity, and information technology. Through these courses they will learn about technology-related criminal justice issues, including cyberlaws and computer crime investigations. They will also acquire the technical skills that employers ask for, including knowledge of cybersecurity, digital forensics, computer networking, and common programming languages like Java and C+. Here we see the mix with cybersecurity and criminology in cybercrime, as well as the programming languages that are necessary, similar to cybersecurity. The ODU BSCS program can prepare you to thrive in software development, computer science, and other related professions or graduate programs. Gain exposure to the basis of computer science in mathematics, logic, and engineering, as well as the experimental and design aspects of the computer science discipline. Explore more specialized topics such as network and database administration, information security analysis, and more. BSCS program graduates are equipped to apply their knowledge to related computing domains and ready to meet new technical challenges in the field. Computer Science encompasses more of the programming part of cybersecurity as that is what Computer Science is all about. They do cover the analysis of information security, which is a main point of cybersecurity. Lastly, the information systems and technology major is designed to provide students with a technical background in information technology as well as a broad perspective of the business environment in which information technology plays a strategic role. The major emphasizes the development of business analysis and system implementation skills; these skills can provide a basis for job entry, career development and flexibility amid the rapid changes in information technology. Three distinct tracks are offered under the major. Information technology is the backbone of my major as cybersecurity aims to defend the access, storage, and transmission of information through our technological devices.