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Curriculum and pedagogical effects of the creation of a minor in cyber security

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In January 2006, Armstrong Atlantic State University (AASU) offered its first course in Information Security. At the same time, the university received funding for its Cyber Security Research Institute, a non-academic unit closely related to and funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The establishment of this research institute led the administration, the Department of Criminal Justice in the College of Arts and Sciences, and the School of Computing to create an academic minor in Cyber Security to be cross-listed between Criminal Justice and Information Technology. This paper describes the pedagogical effects of the creation of the minor and future implications for it and for the teaching of Information Security at Armstrong Atlantic State University.

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[1]
AASU Undergraduate Catalog, AASU 2009--2010, page 257.
[2]
AASU Undergraduate Catalog, AASU 2009--2010, page 184.
[3]
Katz, Frank H., "Campus-wide Spyware and Virus Removal as Method of Teaching Information Security," presented at the 2006 Information Security Curriculum Development Conference (InfoSecCD 2006), September 22--23, 2006, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA.
[4]
Wright, Marie and Kakalik, John, 2007, Information Security, Contemporary Cases, Boston, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, pp. v--vi.

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InfoSecCD '10: 2010 Information Security Curriculum Development Conference
October 2010
187 pages
ISBN:9781450302029
DOI:10.1145/1940941
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  • KSU - CISE: KSU Center for InfoSec Education
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Published: 01 October 2010

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  1. curriculum
  2. cyber security
  3. information security
  4. pedagogy

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