Information Security and Assurance, B.B.A.

Program Description

The purpose of the Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in Information Security and Assurance (BBA-ISA) program is to create technologically proficient, business-savvy information security professionals capable of applying policy, education & training, and technology solutions to protect information assets from all aspects of threats, and to manage the risks associated with modern information usage. Information security is the protection of the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information while in transmission, storage or processing, through the application of policy, technology, and education and awareness. Information assurance concerns information operations that protect and defend information and information systems by ensuring availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality, and nonrepudiation. This program spans both areas in its approach to the protection of information in the organization.

This program is a part of the Michael J. Coles College of Business .

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Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation Policies

Admission Requirements

Admission to Coles B.B.A. programs is separate from Admissions  to Kennesaw State University. Students must meet the program requirements, outlined below. In order to be able to take upper-division courses in Accounting and graduate with an Information Security & Assurance B.B.A., students must successfully:

• Complete BUSA 2150: Professionalism I: Clarifying My Major and Career   
• Meet the Coles College Sophomore GPA Requirement
• Be admitted to the Coles Undergraduate Professional Program. Admission to the Coles Undergraduate Professional Program is separate from admission to Kennesaw State University.  In addition, all business majors must earn a grade of “C” or better in all business courses counted toward their degree.

View the special admission, progression, and graduation requirements of the Coles College of Business.        

Graduation Requirements

Each student is expected to meet the requirements outlined in Academic Policies 5.0 PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS & GRADUATION .

NSA Recognition

For those students having successfully completed the study of a prescribed body of knowledge in the Information Security and Assurance, B.B.A., in accordance with the academic regulations of Kennesaw State University, and the National Security Agency designation criteria for required knowledge units for National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education. Students will receive recognition on their transcript to reflect this.

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Program Course Requirements