BS in Network Engineering and Security

Bachelor of Science 2024 through2025

Network Engineering and Security

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Students in the BS Network Engineering and Security program are forbidden from minoring in Network Technology.

Curriculum Requirements

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First Year

  • CSC 241 Introduction to Computer Science I
    OR CSC 243 Introduction to Computer Science for Programmers
    OR IT 211 Introduction to Applied Programming
  • IT 130 Introductory Computing for the Web
  • IT 223 Data Analysis
  • IT 240 Introduction to Databases
  • IT 263 Applied Networks and Security
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • LSP 110 Discover Chicago
    OR LSP 111 Explore Chicago
  • LSP 112 Focal Point Seminar
  • WRD 103 Composition and Rhetoric I
  • WRD 104 Composition and Rhetoric II
  • 1 Arts and Literature
  • 1 Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Inquiry
  • 1 Historical Inquiry



Second Year

  • CMN 104 Public Speaking
    OR CMNS 212 Effective Communication in Teams and Small Groups
  • CSEC 340 Fundamentals of Information Assurance
  • NET 311 Computers in Telecommunications Systems
  • NET 362 Principles of Data Communications
  • NET 363 Introduction to Local Area Networks
  • WRD 204 Technical Writing
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • LSP 200 Seminar on Race, Power, and Resistance
  • 1 Arts & Literature
  • 1 Historical Inquiry
  • 1 Philosophical Inquiry (Ethics)
  • 1 Religious Dimensions
  • 1 Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Inquiry

Third Year

  • CSEC 378 Host Based Security
  • NET 364 Voice Communications Technologies
  • NET 365 Network Interconnection Technologies
  • NET 371 Wireless Communications Networks
  • NET 372 Wan Services
  • NET 377 Fundamentals of Network Security
Liberal Studies Requirements
  • 1 Experiential Learning
  • 1 Philosophical Inquiry
  • 1 Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Inquiry
  • 1 Scientific Inquiry Lab

Fourth Year

  • NET 375 Network Protocols
  • NET 376 Network Project (Capstone)
  • Eight (8) credit hours of Major Electives

Liberal Studies Requirements
  • 1 Arts & Literature
  • 1 Religious Dimensions

Major Electives

Major Electives can be chosen from any 300 level NET or CSEC courses.

Students must earn a grade of C- or higher in all major elective courses.

Open Electives

Open Elective Credit Hours are required to meet the minimum graduation requirements of 192 hours. Open electives may be taken from any unit at DePaul.

Liberal Studies

The Liberal Studies program is the general education portion of the curriculum at DePaul University. Students must earn a grade of D or better in all courses taken to satisfy these requirements. The only exception is the Capstone course which is considered also a major requirement and WRD 103 and WRD 104 in which students need to earn a C- or better.

Students may choose to take some CDM courses that carry Liberal Studies credit but they cannot double count them if they are part of the major requirements. A complete list of courses that carry Liberal Studies credit can be found on the Liberal Studies website along with an overview of the Liberal Studies requirements for this program. Students can search for courses that satisfy a particular Liberal Studies requirement on campusconnect.

Note Students must complete an ethics class as one of the Philosophical Inquiry or Religious Dimensions requirements. Students must take one of the following ethics courses: CSC 208, IT 228, PHL 248/MGT 248 or REL 228/MGT 228. In this sample schedule the ethics requirement replaces one of the Philosophical Inquiry requirements.

Although students are free to take course requirements in any order they choose, provided they have mastered the course-specific prerequisites, it is strongly recommended that students follow these year-by-year suggestions, especially regarding the first-year major courses.

Courses offered in the student's primary major cannot be taken to fulfill LSP Domain requirements.

Degree Requirements

Students in this degree must meet the following requirements

  • complete a minimum of 192 credit hours (generally 48 courses)
  • Earn a grade of C- or higher in WRD 103, WRD 104, and all Major and Minor courses
  • Earn a grade of D or higher in all other Liberal Studies and Open Elective courses
  • maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher

Students who earn a cumulative DePaul University GPA

  • between 3.500 and 3.699 will graduate cum laude
  • between 3.700 and 3.849 will graduate magna cum laude
  • of at least 3.850 will graduate summa cum laude

For DePaul's policy on repeat courses and a complete list of academic policies see the DePaul Undergraduate Handbook in the Course Catalog.