Cybersecurity B.S Focus Areas

Cybersecurity B.S.

Students can choose one of the following focus areas in their nine (9) credit "Focus Area" at Penn State Lehigh Valley:

  • Economics
  • Health Care
  • Application Development
  • Geopolitics
  • Law & Policy
  • Custom 

At least one course must be ay the 400-level. Once a focus area is chosen.....

  • Students in the Law &Policy, Geopolitics, Health Care, App Development, and Economics focus ares should meet with their advisor to work out their coursesm selecting from the approved lists (see table below).
  • For those students choosing Custom focus area, students should work with their advisor to devise a theme and plan of courses.

Either way, advisors should send the students' chosen courses to Shirl Henry's office for proper approval and placement in the Academic Record.

*Current as of Spring 2025. Still make sure to speak to an advisor about classes 
**From the UP (not UC) List

Geopolitics
Below 400-level 400- level 
PL SC 14 PL SC 461SRA 421
PL SC 291 PL SC 467SRA 433**
GEOG 160 PL SC 481SRA 450
GEOG 260 PL SC 491SRA 471**
GEOG 333 CAS 404 SRA 480
GEOG 363 COMM 458  
IST 310** AFR/IB/PL SC 440** 
Health Care
Below 400-level 400-level 
IST 110 BBH/HPA 440IST 402**
HPA 101 HPA 470 
HPA 332 NURS 458 
NURS 357 HPA 450  
HPA 211** ECON 445** 
HPA 301W** HPA445** 
HPA 311** HPA 470**  
Law & policy 
Below 400-level                                           400-level
COMM 180 CRIM/CRIMJ/ SOC 467PL SC/STS 460
CRIM/CRIMJ 100 HLS/P ADM 401PL SC 467
PL SC 14 CRIMJ/ PL SC 439CRIMJ 435
PL SC 140 COM 404 CRIM/CRIMJ/SOC 406**
CRIMJ 304 PL SC 487CRIM 430** 
CRIMJ 113 PL SC 438CRIM/CRIMJ 451**
  CRIM 469**PL SC 487**
  PL SC 440**PLSC 471**
  IST 452 ** CRIMJ 430**
  PL SC 442 
Econmics 
Below 400-level 400-level
ECON 102 ECON 402ECON 445**
ECON 302 ECON 409ECON 447**
BA 301 ECON 470ECON 479**
BLAW 243 ECON/HPA 445HPA 445**
FIN 301 PL SC 412 
ECON 399** PL SC 481  
  ECON 438** 
Application Development 
Below 400-level 400-level
IST 311** IST 402**
IST 331** IST 411**
IST 361** IST 412**