Founded in 1946 and located in the heart of Central New York, Utica College is a regionally accredited*, independent, private institution that features many of the advantages of a large university -- such as undergraduate and graduate degree options, excellent academics, and outstanding faculty -- with the intimacy and high degree of personal attention more closely associated with smaller private institutions. In addition to its full complement of traditional ground campus programs, the College offers online Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral degree programs in a variety of fields, including Economic Crime and Fraud Management, Cybersecurity, Health Care and Nursing.
All courses are taught by highly experienced, credentialed faculty whose accomplishments are renowned throughout their respective industries. Utica College offers a broad range of opportunities to grow personally and intellectually, helping you to build a strong foundation for success in your professional life.
Utica College's Online Bachelor of Science in Cyber security - Information Assurance will prepare you to understand the range of vulnerabilities and threats that affect corporate and government computer networks, and prepares you for a career safeguarding society's vital information. Utica College is one of the few colleges in the United States to offer this cutting-edge degree program at the undergraduate level, and one of a few select colleges offering a cyber security degree program completely online. Course highlights include Object-Oriented Programming, Computer and Network Security and Discrete Mathematics. Graduates pursue careers that demand leading-edge skills in investigative science. Our students have taken professional opportunities in government intelligence services, law enforcement, homeland security, and banking and finance.
The Online Bachelor of Science in Cyber security – Cyber Crime Investigations and Forensics offered by Utica College will train you in the latest techniques used to accumulate data and evidence to be used in prosecuting cyber crimes such as credit card fraud, intellectual property theft, pedophilia, terrorism and hacking. Utica College is one of the few colleges in the United States to offer this cutting-edge degree program at the undergraduate level, and one of a few select colleges offering a cyber security degree program completely online. Through a multidisciplinary approach integrating criminology, criminal justice, economic crime, and computer science, students will be prepared for entry level positions either in cyber crime investigation and computer forensics or the security of information stored in or transmitted by computers and computer networks. Graduates pursue career opportunities in law enforcement, homeland security, banking and finance, and government intelligence services.
Attacks on computer systems cost corporations millions of dollars per day and threaten our national security. Statistics show that such crimes—including cyber espionage, cyber terrorism, and computer fraud--are on the rise. A leader in economic crime programs for over 20 years, Utica has designed the online MS in Cybersecurity - Intelligence and Forensics in response to a need for professionals trained in increasingly advanced technology and ever-changing attack and infiltration techniques. This unique program offers state-of-the-art practices and hands-on experience in cyber intelligence, cyber investigation, and critical infrastructures. The Computer Forensics concentration is designed for students interested in collecting, securing, and preparing evidence of computer crimes, the curriculum emphasizes a comprehensive understanding of forensic tools and methods to investigate and analyze network-related incidents and illegal use of digital devices.
Designed for professionals interested in cyber intelligence and counterintelligence, cyber counterterrorism, and cyber countersabotage, the curriculum covers analysis of global and national cybersecurity policies, the study and protection of critical infrastructures, as well as operations involving cyber threats and defense.
* Regionally accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 www.msache.org