Bachelor in Cybersecurity Engineering

Official Syllabus:

 

Program goals:

The Bachelor’s Program in Cybersecurity Engineering aims to equip students with comprehensive theoretical knowledge and practical skills across the integrated domains of cybersecurity, software development, and IT systems administration, enabling graduates to independently design, implement, and manage secure information infrastructures.
The curriculum provides a solid foundation in information technologies, network architectures, programming, and cybersecurity principles, including data protection, cryptography, and risk management within legal and ethical frameworks.
Graduates of the program will be prepared for professional careers in the cybersecurity field as well as for pursuing advanced studies at the graduate level in cybersecurity, computer science, or related disciplines, both in Georgia and internationally.

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Methods for Attaining Learning Outcomes:

• Lecture-seminar

• Interactive lectures

• Explanatory method

• Demonstration method

• Practical work

• Critical analysis

• Teamwork / Group work

• Problem-oriented exercises

• Case study and analysis

• Literature review

• Working with textbooks

• Searching for relevant materials in electronic format or library

• Written work method

• Verbal (oral) method

• Discussions / Debates

• Simulation

• Role-playing

• Induction, deduction, analysis and synthesis

• Presentation

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Learning outcomes:

Knowledge and understanding

• Describes the principles of information technologies, networks, programming, and security within the context of cybersecurity;

• Explains vulnerabilities of information systems, cybersecurity threats and attack types, as well as methods for their prevention;

• Characterizes the legal and ethical frameworks of data security, cryptography, risk management, and compliance.

Skills

• Analyzes and assesses the security status of information systems using modern tools;

• Develops and implements security measures in software and network infrastructure;

• Conducts penetration testing, performs relevant analysis, and prepares recommendations;

• Demonstrates effective written and oral communication in a professional environment and prepares relevant technical documentation.

Responsibility and autonomy

• Works independently or in a team on cybersecurity challenges with responsibility and professional ethics;

• Assists in improving the security of the organization and the public level.

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Program Administration

Date of approval: 03-14-2025
Approval protocol number: 13PCD6069-01
Date of program update:
Update protocol number:

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Teaching Process Characteristics:

To obtain a Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, a student must earn 240 ECTS credits, which include:

• 174 ECTS from program core subjects (including the bachelor’s project of 12 ECTS);

• 114 ECTS from program elective subjects, from which the student selects 66 ECTS.

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Program Core (Course Titles Only)

• Introduction to Informatics and Computers

• Fundamentals of Programming (Python)

• Operating System Linux

• Information Security

• Python in Cybersecurity

• Computer Architecture

• Introduction to Networks

• Calculus

• Information Security Implementation

• Secure Programming

• Data Structures and Algorithms

• Network Infrastructure Essentials: Switching, Routing, Wireless

• Windows Server Management and Administration

• Vulnerability Management and Penetration Testing

• Incident Response and Forensics

• Discrete Mathematics

• Fundamentals of Cryptology

• Logging and Monitoring

• Offensive Security: Red Teaming

• API Security

• Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI)

• DevSecOps

• SIEM and Advanced Logging

• Malware Analysis

• Probability and Statistics

• Cloud Security

• Cybersecurity Operations Center

• Bachelor’s Project

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Program Elective (Course Titles Only)

• Data Privacy and Cyber Law

• Programming Basics Based on Java

• Information Security Management Systems and ISO/IEC 27001 Standard

• Fundamentals of Electronics

• Administering Microsoft’s Cloud Solution Azure

• Amazon Cloud Solutions AWS Security Technologies

• Fundamentals of Programming (C++)

• Programming Language Swift

• Object-Oriented Programming (C++)

• Visual Programming (C#) I

• Introduction to Container Security

• Amazon Cloud Solutions AWS Architecture

• Visual Programming (C#) II

• Introduction to Blockchain and BlockDAG Technologies

• Oracle Database Design and Programming

• Internship

• Arduino and Intro to Hardware Security

• Enterprise Networking, Security, and Automation