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Undergraduate Certificate in Cybersecurity Intelligence & Information Policy

Offered by the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy, this certificate may be awarded to degree seeking students who complete the requirements. For students pursuing a degree, this certificate is a complement to a student’s discipline or major area of studies.

The Course Catalog contains the FIU courses which count towards credit for the Undergraduate Certificate. Please check the FIU Public Class Search to verify which classes are offered during a specific semester. Students may submit other classes for approval by email to jgitalentdev@fiu.edu.

  • Program Requirements
    A total of 18 credit hours of undergraduate course work with a grade of C or higher. Courses must come from the approved UCGCP course listing or be approved by the certificate advisor. Courses may include those in the student's departmental major but must be selected from at least two disciplines outside the student's departmental major. With the approval of the Director, courses other than those listed herein may be substituted on a case-by-case basis. 
  • Global Cybersecurity Policy Requirement (3 Credit Hours)

    Certificate Students must complete at least 1 of the following courses with a minimum grade of a C or higher.  

    • ISS 3653 - Foundations of Global Cybersecurity Policy 
    • IDC 3603 - Introduction to Cyber Operations & Policy
  • Core Requirement (6 Credit Hours)

    Certificate students must complete at least 2 of the following courses with a minimum grade of a C or higher.  

    • ISS 3652 - Cybersecurity and Globalization 
    • ISS 3613 - Issues in Global Cybersecurity Policy 
    • ISS 4669 - Global Cybersecurity Strategies 
    • ISS 4614 - International Cybersecurity Law and Ethics 
    • ISS 4651 - Topics in Global Cybersecurity Policy 
    • IDC 3604 - Cyber Threat Intelligence I 
    • IDC 3605 - Cyber Threat Intelligence II 
  • Elective Requirements (9 Credit Hours)

    Certificate students must complete at least 3 of the following courses with a minimum grade of a C or higher. Students need to ONLY take 3 of the courses below to satisfy the certificate requirement.  

    Business, Finance and Management Eligible Certificate Elective Courses 

    • FIN 4486 - Financial Risk Management-Financial Engineering 
    • FIN 4502 - Securities Analysis 
    • FIN 4744 - Financial Crime 
    • MAN 4064 - Crisis Management 
    • MAN 4613 - International Risk Assessment 

    Computer Science and Information Security Eligible Certificate Elective Courses 

    • CGS 3095 - Technology in the Global Arena 
    • CIS 4365 - Enterprise Cybersecurity Policies and Practices 
    • CNT 4165 - Network Protocols for Internet of Things 
    • CNT 4182 - Mobile and loT Cybersecurity Policies and Practices 
    • CNT 4185 - Internet of Things Privacy 
    • CNT 4188 - Internet of Things Forensics 
    • CNT 4403 - Computing and Network Security 
    • CNT 4406 - Network Security and Cryptography 
    • CNT 4504 - Advanced Network Management 
    • CNT 4603 - Windows System Administration 
    • CNT 4713 - Net-centric Computing 
    • EEL 4802 - Introduction to Digital Forensics Engineering 
    • EEL 4804 - Introduction Malware Reverse Engineering 
    • EEL 4806 - Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures 

    Criminal Justice Eligible Certificate Elective Courses 

    • CCJ 3934 - Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice 
    • CCJ 4497 - Senior Capstone in Criminal Justice 
    • CCJ 4641 - Organized Crime 
    • CJE 4694 - Cyber Crime 
    • DSC 4012 - Terrorism and Homeland Security 

    Forensics Eligible Certificate Elective Courses 

    • CHS 3501 - Survey of Forensic Science 
    • CHS 3511C - Forensic Evidence 

    History Eligible Certificate Elective Courses 

    • AMH 4375 - Technology and American Society 
    • WOH 4223 - History of the Global Economy 

    Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Eligible Certificate Elective Courses 

    • ISS 3130 - Fundamentals of National Security 
    • ISS 3214 - Fundamentals of Globalization 
    • ISS 3222 - Special Topics in Foreign Policy 
    • ISS 4385 - Effective Governmental Communication 
    • ISS 4930 - Topics in Globalization 
    • ISS 3940 - Interdisciplinary Social Sciences - Public Policy Internship 

    Politics and International Relations Eligible Certificate Elective Courses 

    • INR 3061 - Conflict, Security and Peace Studies in INR 
    • INR 3081 - Contemporary International Problems 
    • INR 3102 - American Foreign Policy 
    • INR 3133 - Intelligence and National Security 
    • INR 3134 - Writing for Intelligence and National Security 
    • INR 3303 - Foreign Policymaking 
    • INR 4335 - Strategic Studies and National Security 
    • POS 4154 - Topics in Urban Politics and Policy 
    • POS 3703 - Methods of Political Analysis 
    • PUP 4004 - Public Policy: U.S. 

    Public Policy and Administration Eligible Certificate Elective Courses 

    • PAD 3003 - Introduction to Public Policy and Service 
    • PAD 3034 - Policy Development and Implementation 
    • PAD 3150 - Digital Transformation and Organizational Innovations 
    • PAD 3803 - Government and Administration of Metropolitan Areas 
    • PUP 4047 - Introduction to Public Policy Analytics 
    • PAD 4223 - Public Sector Budgeting 
    • PAD 4432 - Administrative Leadership and Behavior 
    • PUP 3051 - Fundamentals of Al Policy 
    • PUP 4056 - Responsible Al Policy and Governance 
    • PUP 4511 - Cybersecurity Leadership, Policy, and Management 
    • PUP 4512 - Emerging Technologies in Public Policy