Cybersecurity and Network Administration (FLEX Program)

Get started in this in-demand field! The Cybersecurity FLEX program starts each Fall semester and is designed to take two and a half years to complete. Specific courses are offered in specific semesters only. 

Fall – Year 1 (15-18 credits)

  • LLEN 101 Composition I*/ LLEN 102 Composition II* (by placement) - Zoom, Mon 6:00pm - 8:10pm
  • MCON 141 Introduction to Programming - Zoom, Wed 6:00pm - 8:10pm
  • MCON 147 Computer Hardware and System Security - Zoom, Wed 8:20pm - 10:30pm
  • HISN 220 Modern History I** (if needed) - Online, asynchronous
  • EBEN 101 Macro Economics*/ EBEN 102 Micro Economics* / POLN 101 American Government* - Online, asynchronous
  • Judaic Studies/Intensive Talmud (if needed, 0-6 credits)

One of the following:

  • SPLN 101 Fundamental of Speech* - Zoom, Mon 8:20pm - 10:30pm
  • MATN 111 College Math* (by placement) - Zoom, Mon 8:20pm - 10:30pm

Spring – Year 1 (15-18 credits)

  • LLEN 102 Composition II* (by placement) /LLEN 220 Modern Literature I* - Zoom, Mon 6:00pm - 8:10pm
  • MATN 120 Precalculus* (by placement, if needed) - Zoom, Mon 8:20pm - 10:30pm
  • MCON 202 Networking Essentials - Zoom, Wed 6:00 - 8:10pm
  • MCON 223 Wide Area Network I/Lab - Zoom, Wed 8:20pm - 10:30pm
  • HISN 221 Modern History II** (if needed) - Online, asynchronous
  • MCON 245 UNIX Operating System - Online, asynchronous
  • Judaic Studies/Intensive Talmud (if needed, 0-6 credits)

Summer – Year 1 (12 credits)

Summer I – Year 1 (3 credits)

  • MCON 156 Electronics for Computers and Data Communication - Zoom, M-TH
  • BION 246 Nutrition and Human Development* - Zoom, M-TH

Summer II – Year 1 (3 credits)

  • LLEN 202 Business Report Writing* - Zoom, M-TH
  • Computer Elective - Zoom, M-TH
  • Extended Summer – Year 1 (6 credits)<

Fall – Year 2 (13-16 Credits)

  • MCON 228 Advanced Computer Hardware and System Security - Zoom, Mon 6:00pm - 8:10pm
  • MCON 231 Fundamentals. Of Network Security - Zoom, Wed 6:00pm - 8:10pm
  • MCON 224 Wide Area Networks II/Lab (4 credits) - Zoom, Wed 8:20pm - 10:30pm
  • LLEN 221 Modern Literature II** (if needed) /General Elective (if needed) - Zoom, Mon 8:20pm - 10:30pm
  • EBEN 101 Macro Economics*/ EBEN 102 Micro Economics / POLN 101 Pol Sci*/ BION 246 Nutrition and Human Development* (if needed) - Online, asynchronous
  • Judaic Studies/Intensive Talmud (if needed, 0-6 credits)

Spring – Year 2 (16-19 credits)

  • MCON 353 Programming Software Development - Zoom, Mon 6:00pm - 8:10pm
  • MCON 311 Wireless Networks - Zoom, Mon 8:20pm - 10:30pm
  • MCON 321 Computer Forensics - Zoom, Wed 6:00pm - 8:10pm
  • MCON 354 LAN Concepts and Software (4 credits) - Zoom, Wed 8:20pm - 10:30pm

      • One of the following: (as needed)
  • LLEN 219 Ancient Literature** - Online, asynchronous
  • BION 246 Nutrition and Human Development* - Online, asynchronous
  • SPLN 101 Fundamentals of Speech* - Online, asynchronous
  • General Elective - Online, asynchronous
  • MCON / General Elective - Online, asynchronous
  • Judaic Studies/Intensive Talmud (if needed, 0-6 credits)

Summer – Year 2 (6-12 credits, as needed)

Summer I – Year 2 (3 credits)

  • Computer elective / General Elective (as needed) - Zoom, M-TH

Summer II – Year 2 (3 credits)

  • General Elective , as needed - Zoom, M-TH

Extended Summer – Year 2 (6 credits)

  • MCON 452 Internship - Field Project

Sub-Total 97 credits + 24 from Israel = 121 credits

Fall – Year 3 (10-13 credits, as needed)

  • MCON 325 Advanced Network Security - Zoom, Mon 6:00pm - 8:10pm
  • MCON 355 Advanced LAN Architecture (4 credits) - Zoom, Mon 8:20pm - 10:30pm
  • Computer Elective - Zoom, Wed 6:00pm - 8:10pm
  • Judaic Studies/Intensive Talmud (if needed, 0-6 credits)

* Satisfies core requirement
** Core requirement for those not on the Intensive Talmud Track

Please Note:

  • Almost all courses in the major are offered via Zoom on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
  • Almost all computer science courses have specific prerequisites that must be satisfied.
  • Cybersecurity and Network Administration electives are listed as examples. The actual electives offered each semester are subject to change.
  • You still need 120 credits to graduate. This includes core requirement courses, the major, and Judaic Studies. The number of additional credits students must take in the FLEX program depends on the number earned in seminary and/or during High School Freshman Center program.
  • The Flex program assumes that students have satisfied their Judaic Studies requirements with credits earned in seminary in Israel or elsewhere.
  • Specific Zoom courses will be reserved for those in the FLEX Program. Those courses are offered on Tuesday and Thursday evenings for Men.
  • There are other online/asynchronous electives to choose from in most majors besides the ones listed here. Please work with an advisor to select the classes that will best serve your needs and career goals.
  • The Flex Program is meant for students with the self-discipline needed to complete work on a timely basis. Asynchronous courses are not the ideal format for some students.
  • Students who have attended Touro Freshman Centers or who have transfer credit from other institutions might have satisfactorily completed some of the courses listed on the following pages.
  • Students who wish to do so may take regularly available in-person LAS Flatbush courses as available.