Dear CS Students,

We are excited to announce the anticipated launch of our new Cybersecurity Option in fall 2023. The attached document provides more information about the Option, the tracks in the Option and anticipated course requirements. The Option will be available to both Corvallis and Ecampus based students. It will be replacing the Cybersecurity Focus Area in the Applied Option.

As of today, we are still waiting for the Cybersecurity Option to be officially approved. We do not anticipate any issues with getting the approval. However, we cannot change students into the Cybersecurity Option until it is officially approved. We will send out an email notification when the Option has been approved.

Applied students with a declared Cybersecurity Focus Area will be asked to change to the Cybersecurity Option once it is officially approved. We do not anticipate issues with students making this transition. Please contact your primary EECS advisor if you have already declared the Cybersecurity Focus Area and believe the switch to the Cybersecurity Option will negatively impact you.

One of the benefits of the new Option is that it is transcript visible. This means employers will be able to see on your transcript that you specialized in Cybersecurity. The Option will also provide Corvallis based students the option of completing a Practicum sequence (CS 424-425) in place of the traditional CS Senior Design sequence (CS 461-463). Ecampus students will complete the traditional CS Senior Design sequence. See instructions below for registering for the fall 2023 section of CS 424.

How to register for the fall 2023 section of CS 424.

• Reply to this email using your oregonstate.edu email address asking for departmental approval to register for CS 424
• Include your OS ID# in your email
• Confirm the following:
• You are on track to graduate by the end of fall 2024
• You give us permission to update your Option to Cybersecurity once it has been officially approved

Once we have this email and confirmed your anticipated term of graduation, we will give you the departmental override to register for CS 424 if applicable.

Sincerely

Advising Team

School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Advising

Oregon State University | 1148 Kelley Engineering Center

Office Phone:  541-737-3617

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