Undergraduate Cybersecurity Certificates
Begin your cybersecurity journey—or advance your current career—at any age with our hands-on certificate programs.
Make Your Best First Step Toward a Cybersecurity Career with Our Cybersecurity Certificates
Designed for students of any age (18 to 60+), our flexible, hands-on cybersecurity certificate programs can be completed while you’re working full time or even earning a degree at another college.
Cybersecurity Fundamentals Certificate (CSF)
Gain the skills and confidence to pursue our more technical upper division undergraduate programs.
- Requires 12 prior credits
- Earn 1 GIAC Certification
- Earn 12 credits
- 6 months
Applied Cybersecurity Certificate (ACS)
Prepare to launch a high-paying cybersecurity career at any age with just four hands-on courses.
- Requires 24 prior credits
- Earn 4 GIAC Certifications
- Earn 12 credits
- 10 months
Need Credits? Here Are Options.
If you don’t have the required prior credits to start one of our undergraduate programs, don’t worry. You can earn them through several affordable options beyond community colleges or universities.
- Take low-cost Sophia Learning courses to earn general education credits 100% online. Through Sophia, you can complete some or all of your required transfer credits. Learn more.
- Earn CLEP credits by testing out of subjects you already know. Learn more.
- Submit AP exam scores for eligible credit. Learn more.
Admissions Timeline
Apply by the 15th of any month.
Receive a decision 30 days later.
Start courses as soon as one month after admission.
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