Network Engineering and Security

Network Engineering and Security
  • Network Engineering and Security
About the Program

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

Curriculum 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.

First Year

  • CSC 241
    OR CSC 243
    OR IT 211
  • IT 130
  • IT 223
  • IT 240
  • IT 263

  • Liberal Studies Requirements




Second Year

  • CMN 104
    OR CMNS 212
  • CSEC 340
  • NET 311
  • NET 362
  • NET 363
  • WRD 204

  • Liberal Studies Requirements


Third Year

  • CSEC 378
  • NET 364
  • NET 365
  • NET 371
  • NET 372
  • NET 377

  • Liberal Studies Requirements


Fourth Year

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

  • Liberal Studies Requirements


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.

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.