Majors

Cybersecurity

	Advanced Standing II
Major	Cybersecurity 網絡安全
Degree / Award Title	Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity 理學士(網絡安全)
Offering Academic Unit	Department of Computer Science
Normal Period of Study	2 years
Maximum Period of Study	5 years
Credit Units Required for Graduation	74 credit units

Note: The following curriculum information is subject to periodic review and changes.

GE Requirements (12 credit units)Catalogue Term : Semester A 2025/26

		Credit Units
GE University Requirements	GE2410 English for Engineering	3
GE Distributional Requirements	Take 1 course from any one of the three distributional areas: Area 1: Arts and Humanities Area 2: Study of Societies, Social and Business Organisations Area 3: Science and Technology Visit the GE website for more course information.	3
College-specified Courses	CS3402 Database Systems	3
	Take 1 course from the following list: CB2100 Introduction to Financial Accounting CB2300 Management CB2500 Information Management CB2601 Marketing GE2313 Global IT Case Studies GE2324 The Art and Science of Data GE2338 Everyday Security - Protecting Yourself in the Digital Age GE2340 Artificial Intelligence - Past, Present, and Future	3

College / School Requirements (0 credit units)Catalogue Term : Semester A 2025/26

Not required.

Major Requirements (62 credit units)Catalogue Term : Semester A 2025/26

1. Core Courses (47 or 38 credit units)

15 credit units are waived for students admitted into Advanced Standing II including courses CS2115, CS2310, CS2402, CS3201, JC2066

Required CS Courses - 44 or 35 credit units

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units
CS2117	Foundation of Cybersecurity	3
CS2612	Seminars on Contemporary Cybersecurity	2
CS3103	Operating Systems	3
CS3104	Applied Cryptographic Systems	3
CS3334	Data Structures	3
CS3342	Software Design	3
CS4101	Software Security	3
CS4335	Design and Analysis of Algorithms	3
CS4293	Topics in Cybersecurity	3
CS4514	Project	9

Choose either CS3000 or CS3505:

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units	Remarks
CS3000	Professional Career Development Internship	0	Exclusive with CS3505 Students who choose to enrol in CS3000 are required to take 3 elective courses from the Elective List in lieu of the 9-credit CS3505.
CS3505	IT Professional Internship	9	Exclusive with CS3000

Required Supporting Courses – 3 credit units

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units	Remarks
MA2185	Discrete Mathematics	3

2. Electives (15 or 24 credit units)

Electives: minimum 15 credit units from these electives

Students need to choose at least 2 Cybersecurity elective courses and then take any other 3 elective courses from the list.

Students who choose to enrol in CS3000 are required to take additional 3 elective courses from the list in lieu of the 9-credit CS3505.

Cybersecurity Electives

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units
CS4191	Mobile and IoT Security	3
CS4192	Algorithms for Private Data Analytics	3
CS4394	Information Security and Management	3

Artificial Intelligence Electives

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units
CS3383	AI for Software Engineering	3
CS4186	Computer Vision and Image Processing	3
CS4486	Artificial Intelligence	3
CS4487	Machine Learning	3
CS4489	Optimization Foundations for AI Training	3
CS4490	Generative AI Essentials and Applications	3

Data Science Electives

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units	Remarks
CS3481	Fundamentals of Data Science	3
CS4480	Data-Intensive Computing	3

Software Engineering Electives

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units
CS3346	Software Testing and Maintenance	3
CS3356	Managing Software Projects	3
CS4348	Software Quality Management	3

Other Electives

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units
CS3283	Distributed Systems	3
CS3391	Advanced Programming	3
CS4295	Mobile Application Programming	3
CS4296	Cloud Computing	3
CS4298	iOS Application Development	3
CS4552	Guided Study	3
MA2172	Applied Statistics for Sciences and Engineering	3

Suggested Study Plan

Sample Study Schedule for BSc Cybersecurity