Corporate Security Option

Major Area Requirements
36 semester hours of courses in computer science (CUS)

• Computer Security
• Structured Programming Techniques
• Mainframe Assembler Language or Microcomputer Assembler Language
• Introduction to Data Structures
• Data Communications
• Data Security and Cryptography

3 credits from each of the following:

• Advanced Business Programming; Commercial Systems; Systems Resource Management; Object-Oriented Programming; Unix Operating System; PERL Programming language
• Advanced Data Structures; Survey of Languages; Event-Driven Programming; Java and World Wide Web Applications; Advanced Java Programming
• Logical Design; Computer Architecture; Operating Systems; Compilers and Program Translation; Database Management Systems; Software Engineering; Systems Analysis; Theory of Programming Languages; Advanced Database Management Systems
• Distributed Operating Systems; HTML and JAVA Script; Dynamic Web Page Development; Artificial Intelligence; Computers and the Law

6 additional credits in computer science, 3 of these must be selected from CUS 1144 or higher numbered courses.  CUS 1101-1105; 1107; and 1108 may not be used toward the fulfillment of the major area requirements.

Specialized Area Requirements
18 semester hours of courses in safety and corporate security

• Introduction to Commercial Security and Governmental Safety
• Contemporary Legal Issues in Private and Public Protection

12 additional credits from:

• Loss Prevention and Business Security
• Disaster Response and Hazard Control
• Crime Prevention and Safety Consulting
• Organization, Supervision and the Protection Professional
• Modern Investigation and Protection Technology
• Industrial Espionage Countermeasures
• Private Investigation and Executive Protection
• Investigative Litigation Preparation
• Fire Prevention and Protection
• Public Safety Regulatory and Enforcement Agencies

Free electives
9 semester hours selected from the courses offered through any of the undergraduate units of St. John's University.   

Students completing this program will have a minor in safety and corporate security as well as a major in computer science.

A second language (6 credits) may be substituted for these courses.