University of the Cumberlands – Ph.D-IT

In the Fall of 2019, I started pursuing my Doctor of Philosophy in Information Technology – with a concentration in Systems Security (Cyber Security) at the University of the Cumberlands. This program is projected to be completed sometime in 2022. If you are interested, below you will find my program as currently planned.

Course
Number
Course Name
Type
ITS 831 IT Importance in Strategic Planning

Complete – Fall 2 ’19

Core Course
ITS 832 IT in a Global Economy

Complete – Fall 2 ’19

Core Course
ITS 833 Information Governance

Complete – Spr 1 ’20

Core Course
ISOL 531 Access Control

Complete – Spr 2 ’20

Specialty Course
ISOL 632 Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery Planning

Complete – Spr 2 ’20

Specialty Course
ITS 834 Emerging Threats and Countermeasures

Complete – Sum 1, ’20

Core Course
ISOL 532 Network Security

Complete – Sum 1, ’20

Specialty Course
ITS 835 Enterprise Risk Management

Complete – Sum 2, ’20

Core Course
ISOL 533 Information Security and Risk Management

Complete – Sum 2, ’20

Specialty Course
ITS 836 Data Science and Big Data Analytics

Complete – Fall 1, ’20

Core Course
ISOL 631 Operations Security

Complete – Fall 2, ’20

Specialty Course
ISOL 633 Legal Regulations, Compliance, and Investigation

In-Progress – Spr 1, ’21

Specialty Course
ISOL 634 Physical Security

Registered – Spr 2, ’21

Specialty Course
ISOL 536 Security Architecture and Design

Registered – Spr 2, ’21

Specialty Course
DSRT 734 Inferential Statistics in Decision-making

Planned – Sum 1, ’21

Professional Research Course
DSRT 837 Professional Writing and Proposal Development

Planned – Sum 2, ’21

Professional Research Course
DSRT 736 Dissertation Seminar

Planned – Fall 1, ’21

Professional Research Course
DSRT 839 Advanced Research Methods

Planned – Fall 2, ’21

Professional Research Course + CompExams
DSRT 930, 931 Dissertation

Planned – Spr 1-2, ’22

Professional Research Course
Academic progress and plan as of December 2020
Academic Program Milestones
Academic Program Milestones

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