Undergraduate Focus Area: Cyber Security

The Cyber Security Focus Area in the Computer Science Major
Department of Computer Science
Tufts University
Last updated by Ming Chow and Daniel Votipka on July 1, 2026.

Overview

The crux of Cyber Security is to understand how systems, applications, algorithms, and protocols work and fail.  The purpose of this focus area is to provide you with breadth and depth in the broad area of Cyber Security with a strong technical foundation. This focus area applies equally well for Arts and Sciences (A&S) and School of Engineering (SOE) students.

Required courses on top of Computer Science core courses:

• CS 116 Intro to Security
• CS 111 Operating Systems
• CS 112 Networks or CS 114 Network Security

One or more of the following courses:

• CS 165 Cryptography
• CS 113 - Human Factors in Security and Privacy
• CS 124 - Privacy, Security, and Data
• CS 151-02 - Systems, Security & Public Life