MSCBA Information

The Master of Science in Cybersecurity and Business Analytics degree (MSCBA) is a 33-credit-hour degree program targeted at students with an undergraduate degree in a business or technical field.

Requirements for Obtaining a MSCBA Degree

There are two important requirements for completing each track of the MSCBA degree:

Requirement 1: Minimum Graduate Credit Hours

All students must complete a minimum of 33 graduate credit hours, of which only 12 credit hours may be transferred from another AACSB-accredited graduate school or approved UNM international exchange program.

Requirement 2: Grade Point Average Policy

Students are expected to maintain at least a 3.0 GPA throughout their academic career and must have a 3.0 or higher GPA at graduation.

Core Coursework (15 credit hours)

• MGMT 501
  Data Driven Decision Making
• MGMT 529
  Fundamentals of Project Management
• MGMT 635
  Data Analytics
• MGMT 636
  Information Systems Security
• MGMT 637
  Database Management Systems

Management Group (6 credit hours)

• MGMT 502
  Financial Accounting and Analysis
• MGMT 506
  Managing People in Organizations
• MGMT 508
  Business and Society
• MGMT 520
  Operations Management
• MGMT 522
  Managerial Marketing
• MGMT 526
  Financial Decision Making

Technical Group (minimum of 12 credit hours)

Business Analytics Track

• MGMT 533
  Analysis Tools for Managers
• MGMT 588
  Supply Chain Models and Strategy
• MGMT 645
  Data Mining
• MGMT 660
  Text Mining and Sentiment Analysis

Cybersecurity Track

• MGMT 646
  Digital Forensics
• MGMT 647
  Systems and Network Administration
• MGMT 648
  Advanced IS Security
• MGMT 662
  Security Risk Management