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Project SEQUEL

Project SEQUEL

Special Educators Qualified to Uplift Exceptional Learners

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Project SEQUEL is a U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs federally funded 5-year grant. The overarching goal of Project SEQUEL is to improve reading, math, and social emotional outcomes for school-age children with disabilities, including children of color with disabilities and children with disabilities who are multilingual by providing 20 outstanding undergraduate scholars with coursework and experiences leading to B.S. in special education and initial certification grades 1-8 in special education.

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Benefits

Project SEQUEL scholars receive full tuition, books, technology, conference travel, stipends for daycare and wellness, and professional development. SEQUEL scholars will also receive one year of induction support as they transition into their own classrooms.

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An Immersive Educational Experience

SEQUEL scholars will participate in small group mentoring, round table discussions with eminent scholars of color in the field of special education, and receive guidance from a diverse advisory committee. Through partnerships with Harford County Public Schools, the Center on Multi-Tiered System of Supports (https://mtss4success.org), the Maryland Coalition of Inclusive Education, and a host of other partners, SEQUEL scholars will receive a robust and diverse educational experience.
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Eligibility

Harford County Public Schools

Project SEQUEL is open to current Harford County Public Schools (HCPS) employees and Harford Community College (HCC) students interested in employment with HCPS.

To qualify for the program, potential Project SEQUEL scholars must hold an associate degree or equivalent credit hours. Scholars must also have:

  • A completed application
  • Completion of an associate of science degree or an associates of arts in teaching degree in special education, early childhood education, or elementary education (unofficial transcript)
  • Minimum undergraduate major GPA of 3.0
  • Resume detailing experience working with children and diverse populations
  • Three letters of recommendation: These three letters may be submitted now or later in the interview process. They are not required but highly encouraged. Please include two professional and one personal letter.
  • Scholars must commit to the service requirement as outlined by the Department of Education: Service Obligation and Repayment

All materials must be received by the October 15th deadline.

Apply to Project SEQUEL

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To complete your Project SEQUEL application, you will need the following before you begin:

  • Unofficial transcript for an associate of science degree or an associates of arts in teaching degree in special education, early childhood education, or elementary education
  • Resume detailing experience working with children and diverse populations
  • Three letters of recommendation: These three letters may be submitted now or later in the interview process. They are not required but highly encouraged. Please include two professional and one personal letter.
  • If selected, a virtual interview will be scheduled

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Learn about our program — the Bachelor of Science in Special Education

Special Education

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Contact Us

Would you like to be a SEQUEL scholar? Contact our Co-Principal Investigators (PIs) of Project SEQUEL for an application.

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Project SEQUEL

Project SEQUEL is offered by the Office of Special Education Programs in the Department of Teaching and Learning within the School of Education.

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Project POSE

Project POSE

Preparing Outstanding Special Educators

A mature African-American woman teaching a group of six multi-ethnic elementary school children. They are sitting around a table in the classroom. The students are writing as the teacher talks. The girl in the red shirt has down syndrome.

Project POSE is a U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs federally funded 5-year grant. The overarching goal of Project POSE is to improve reading, math, and social emotional outcomes for school-age children with disabilities, including children of color with disabilities and children with disabilities who are multilingual by providing 20 outstanding undergraduate scholars with coursework and experiences leading to B.S. in Special Education and initial certification grades 1-8 in Special Education.

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Benefits

Project POSE scholars receive full tuition, books, technology, conference travel, stipends for daycare and wellness, and professional development. POSE scholars will also receive one year of induction support as they transition into their own classrooms.

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An Immersive Educational Experience

POSE scholars will participate in small group mentoring, round table discussions with eminent scholars of color in the field of special education, and receive guidance from a diverse advisory committee. Through partnerships with Baltimore City Public Schools, the National Center on Intensive Intervention, the Maryland Coalition of Inclusive Education, and a host of other partners, POSE scholars will receive a robust and diverse educational experience.
Apply

Eligibility

To qualify for the program, potential Project POSE scholars must hold an associate degree or equivalent credit hours. Scholars must also have:

  • A completed application
  • Completion of an associate of science degree or an associates of arts in teaching degree in special education, early childhood education, or elementary education (unofficial transcript)
  • Minimum undergraduate major GPA of 3.0
  • Resume detailing experience working with children and diverse populations
  • Three letters of recommendation: These three letters may be submitted now or later in the interview process. They are not required but highly encouraged. Please include two professional and one personal letter.
  • Scholars must commit to the service requirement as outlined by the Department of Education: Service Obligation and Repayment

All materials must be received by the May 1 deadline.

Apply to Project POSE

A teacher helps a young child who is holding a large dice in math class

To complete your Project POSE application, you will need the following before you begin:

  • Unofficial transcript for an associate of science degree or an associates of arts in teaching degree in special education, early childhood education, or elementary education
  • Resume detailing experience working with children and diverse populations
  • Three letters of recommendation: These three letters may be submitted now or later in the interview process. They are not required but highly encouraged. Please include two professional and one personal letter.
  • If selected, a virtual interview will be scheduled

Apply

Learn about our program — the Bachelor of Science in Special Education

Special Education

Undergraduate

Contact Us

Would you like to be a POSE scholar? Contact our Co-Principal Investigators (PIs) of Project POSE for an application.

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Assistant Professor

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Project POSE

Project POSE is offered by the Office of Special Education Programs in the Department of Teaching and Learning within the School of Education.

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Cybersecurity Engineering

Cybersecurity Engineering

Degree Type

Bachelor of Science

About

Gain the skills to meet the demand for Cybersecurity professionals.

Introduction

The Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity Engineering (CYSE) program provides knowledge and skills for the development of cyber resilient systems that include the protection of intended human users, hardware and accompanying computing devices, and the network that connects them (i.e. the internet). The program requires a proactive approach in engineering the design of systems, with cyber security incorporated from the beginning of system development. The program provides students with the currently rare combination of highly technical knowledge and skills, cybersecurity expertise, with a system engineering approach. Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering and engineering management that focuses on how to design and manage complex systems over their life cycles.

The CYSE program has a specific emphasis on securing Medical Cyber-Physical Systems (MCPS). Degree recipients will be postured to fill most cybersecurity titles, which are in desperate demand today and the foreseeable future. Graduates will be trained to work on emerging trends, designing, and developing comprehensive trustworthy architecture to accommodate MCPS, telecommunication and telemedicine devices.

The program will focus on the following eight University Student Learning Outcomes:

  • Written Communication
  • Oral Communication
  • Critical Thinking
  • Quantitative Literacy
  • Information Literacy
  • Teamwork
  • Ethical Reasoning
  • Reflective Practice

What You'll Learn

Program Student Learning Objectives

Graduates earning the Bachelor of Science degree in Cybersecurity Engineering at Coppin State University will be able to

  1. apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering
  2. design and conduct experiments, as well as analyze and interpret data
  3. design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs between realistic constraints, such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability
  4. function and contribute to multidisciplinary teams
  5. identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems
  6. deliver professional and ethical responsibility
  7. communicate effectively
  8. demonstrate brought education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal context
  9. recognize the need for an ability to engage in lifelong learning
  10. exhibit knowledge of contemporary issues
  11. employ the techniques, skills, and modern engineering necessary for engineering practices

Technical Learning Outcomes

In relation to each of these four key areas, students will be able to:

  • Demonstrate and apply knowledge in core technical areas.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of software and operating systems, hardware, telecommunications networks, and cryptography theory and operation.
  • Apply knowledge to the design, testing, exploitation, and security of devices, systems, and connecting networks.

  • Identify contemporary cybersecurity threats to cyber resilient systems.
  • Examine vulnerabilities in information technology, hardware systems, and software systems to gain experience in engineering cyber resilient systems to mitigate cybersecurity threats. Integrate relevant research findings to improve cybersecurity engineering practices.

  • Apply risk frameworks in the analysis of cybersecurity threats to system and mission design objectives.
  • Conduct qualitative and quantitative vulnerability, threat, and cybersecurity risk assessments to Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) systems, components, and processes.
  • Analyze cyber-physical systems and identify their interdependencies on each other. Conduct economic analyses in the development of cybersecurity engineering recommendations.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the regulatory and standards landscape required to design, protect, and evaluate cyber resilient systems.
  • Apply engineering economic analysis in the assessment of costs/benefits of alternative cybersecurity engineering solutions.

  • Apply Cybersecurity Engineering principles in each phase of the systems development life cycle.
  • Demonstrate critical thinking in the application of cybersecurity engineering principles to identify, formulate, and engineer cybersecurity solutions.
  • Apply commonly used cybersecurity software and tools to identify and mitigate security risks in the systems development life cycle. Design, synthesize, and apply Cybersecurity Engineering solutions within an Enterprise Security Architecture.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the Enterprise Security Architecture process.
  • Identify and evaluate cybersecurity engineering alternatives within the Enterprise Security Architecture.

Sample Degree Plan

This plan is to show the program plan for a degree in Cybersecurity Engineering. It is for example purposes only. Your academic journey may be slightly different from another student’s journey, so be sure to always communicate with your academic advisor before finalizing your course schedule.

Fall Semester (15 credits)

Course Credits name
MATH 131 3 College Algebra
ENGL 101 3 English Composition I
CYSE 101 3 Introduction to Engineering
HIST 205 (or HIST 201 or HIST 203) 3 African American History I
PHIL 102 3 Introduction to Logic

Spring Semester (17 credits)

course Credits name
MATH 132 4 Pre-Calculus
ENGL 102 3 English Composition II
CYSE 107 3 Introduction to Cyber Security Engineering
COSC 220 4 Computer Science I
HIST 202 (or 204, or 206 3 World History II

Fall Semester (17 credits)

Course   name
MATH 201 4 Calculus I
MATH 301 3 Linear Algebra
WLIT 207 (or any 200 level English) 3 World Literature
PHYS 303 3 Mech and Particle Dynamics
COSC 221 (or CYSE 221) 4 C and C++ Programming

Spring Semester (16 credits)

Course Credits name
PHYS 304 3 Heat, Electricity & Magnetism
ECON 103 3 Intro Bus & Ent
CYSE 391 3 Defensive Programming
SPCH 105 3 Speech Communication
MATH 202 4 Calculus II

Fall Semester (15 credits)

Course Credits name
CYSE 301 3 Digital Electronics
CYSE 386 3 Information Assurance
CYSE 393 3 Introduction to Network Security
CYSE 394 3 Network and Protocols
CYSE 491 3 Hacking of Unix Binaries

Spring Semester (15 credits)

course Credits name
CYSE 411 3 Secure Software Engineering
CYSE 424 3 Security Artificial Intelligence
CYSE 425 3 Secure RF Communication
CYSE 426 3 Secure Medical Info. Systems I
CYSE 495 3 MIS Digital Forensics

Fall Semester (14 credits)

Course Credits name
CYSE 428 3 Secure Medical Info. Systems II
COSC 310 3 Systems Programming
CYSE 459 2 Senior Advanced Design Project
PSYC 201 3 General Psychology
SOCI 201 3 Intro to Sociology

Spring Semester (13 credits)

Course Credits Name
CYSE 496 3 Engineering Senior Seminar
CYSE 497 3 CPS Medical Systems
CYSE 485 3 Security Tools for Information
HEED 101 (or HEED 102, 105, 110) 3 Health/Wellness
CYSE 450 1 Cyber Vulnerability Lab
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The Coppin State University Academic Catalog has a wide variety of skill-building courses designed to inspire and prepare you to be in-demand professionals and transformational leaders.

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Cybersecurity Engineering is in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science in the College of Arts & Sciences, and Education.