Cyber Operations
Program Transfer Guide
University of Maryland Global Campus
Effective
Fall, 2025 - Current
Instruction Methods
Online
About the Program
The cyber operations major is designed to prepare you to detect breaches and collect and process systems to exploit targets of interest. In this hands-on, lab-intensive degree program, you’ll leverage hacking tools, customize computer scripts and applications, and employ techniques to conduct offensive and defensive cyberspace operations. The program will help enable you to detect and triage security alerts, assess risks, automate threat detection, and respond to adversary attacks while helping our country gain an advantage in cyberspace across all domains.
The Bachelor of Science in Cyber Operations requires the successful completion of 120 credits:
- 41 credits in general education requirements
- 33 credits in the major requirements (18 of these credits must be completed at UMGC)
- 46 credits in the electives and other degree requirements.