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CS-2164: Foundations of Contemporary Security Environments

Description: Introduction to multiple analytical perspectives on contemporary security environments, including political, legal, ethical, technical, environmental and historical and cultural perspectives relative to the conception, design and implementation of security solutions, practices, and policies. Emphasizes applying and analyzing the effectiveness of diverse procedures, tools and policies used in security and privacy solutions, decision-making, risk management and operational policy to mitigate local, national, international and global threats.

Pathways: 3 Reasoning in Social Sciences, 5F Quant & Comp Thnk Found., 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: ACIS-3554, BIT-3554, BIT-4164, CS-4164, PSCI-4164

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: BIT-2164, PSCI-2164

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 18

Average GPA: 3.65 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 64.70%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.52%

Clara H Suong202478.1%12.4%4.8%0.0%1.3%3.3%3.679
Aaron F Brantly202485.3%4.4%2.4%0.6%5.4%1.8%3.666
Calderon Eduardo D Villacis202161.1%22.3%5.6%0.0%11.1%0.0%3.221
Nataliya D Brantly202383.3%5.6%5.6%0.0%5.6%0.0%3.591
Joseph J Simpson202285.0%10.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.0%3.881

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