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Undergraduate Goals (2025 – Fall 2026)
Focusing on Cloud Networking, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Machine Learning (ML).
Graduate Goals (starting 2027)
Pursue full-time employment and ODU’s MS in Cybersecurity with a Concentration in AI.
Fall 2025 Course Load (*subject to change):
- MATH 163: Precalculus 2 (prerequisite for AI/ML courses at ODU)
- CYSE 250: Basic Cybersecurity Programming & Networking (Core)
- CYSE 300: Introduction to Cybersecurity (Core)
- IT 315: Introduction to Network & Security (Principles)
- CompTIA Certification: Linux+
- True Coders Certification: Full Stack Software Engineering (Self-Paced)
Spring 2026 Course Load (*subject to change):
- MATH 211: Calculus I (prerequisite for AI/ML courses at ODU)
- CYSE 420: Applied ML in Cybersecurity
- CYSE 462: Cybersecurity Fundamentals
- CYSE 464: Network Systems Security
- One of the Following*: (1) Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900), or (2) CYSE 450: Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing*
Summer 2026 Course Load (*subject to change):
- MATH 212: Calculus II (prerequisite for AI/ML courses at ODU)
- IDS 300W: Interdisciplinary Theory and Concepts
- CYSE 301: Cybersecurity Techniques & Operations
- CYSE 368: Cybersecurity Internship*
- Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900)
Fall 2026 Course Load (subject to change):
- MATH 316: Linear Algebra (prerequisite for AI/ML courses at ODU)
- CYSE 418: Enterprise Information Assurance
- CYSE 425: Cyber Strategy and Policy
- CYSE 493: IDS Electronic Portfolio Project
- CYSE 450: Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing*
- SC-900 (Security, Compliance, Identity)*