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The University of Alabama · Department of Information Systems, Statistics and Management Science, Culverhouse College of Business

Business Cyber Security, BS

Bachelor'sBSDedicated degreeOn campus

Overview

A business bachelor's major with 18 hours of cybersecurity program courses focused on analyzing, assessing, organizing and managing cyber security programs, offered by the Department of Information Systems, Statistics and Management Science.

Official program name
Business Cyber Security, BS
Awarded degree
Bachelor of Science · major: Business Cyber Security
Source: catalog.ua.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Degree level
Bachelor's
Cybersecurity focus
Dedicated cybersecurity degreeThe degree itself is in cybersecurity or a closely related security field (information security, information assurance, cyber operations, digital forensics…).
Source: catalog.ua.edu · verified October 11, 2026
School
Source: culverhouse.ua.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Location
Tuscaloosa, AL
Specializations
Cybersecurity Management — core of the degree (“Cyber Security Strategy and Organizational Security Management (required)”)
Orientation
Management / policy
Source: catalog.ua.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Required credits
18 hours of Business Cyber Security program courses
Source: catalog.ua.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Duration
Not verified

Entry pathway

Not verified whether this degree admits first-year students or only applicants with prior credits.

Why this program is listed

Dedicated business cybersecurity major in the Culverhouse College of Business; awarded degree wording (e.g., commerce and business administration) not printed on the program page.

Business major titled Business Cyber Security; required program courses are Cyber Security Strategy, Applied Cyber Security and Organizational Security Management, plus three courses from fraud risk management, enterprise network and security, behavioral cyber security, cybercrime and digital forensics, and customer data management.

Source: catalog.ua.edu · verified October 11, 2026

We list cybersecurity bachelor's, master's and research doctorates at institutionally accredited US schools — dedicated degrees and formal concentrations, never certificates or electives-only degrees. Eligibility rules

Format and attendance

Formats, online delivery, campus visits, internships and class schedule are shown separately, each only as the school states it.
Formats offered
On campus
Source: culverhouse.ua.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Internship
Internship requirement: not verified
Study intensity
Not verified

Curriculum

Accelerated options

  • Business Cyber Security is among the majors eligible for the five-year BIZ Path to the MBA.
    Source: catalog.ua.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Other

  • Majors must earn a C- or better in all Business Cyber Security major courses.
    Source: catalog.ua.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Admissions

Required, optional, waived and not-required items are shown exactly as the school states them. Anything not listed is not verified — not “not required”.

Admission requirements: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Tests

Entrance and English-language test policy: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

We do not publish acceptance rates or estimate admission chances.

Start dates and deadlines

Dates are shown with the term the school printed. A past date is marked passed and is never carried into a new cycle.

Application deadlines: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Tuition and fees

Each amount keeps its student category, academic year and basis. Per-credit, per-term and whole-program figures are not comparable with each other, and tuition is not the full cost of attendance.
CategoryAmountBasis and year
In-state — 2026-2027 Cost of Attendance, tuition & fees, full-time dependent undergraduate, main campus, in-stateFrom the school-wide rate table for this level$12,718per academic year · 2026-2027Includes feesSource: afford.ua.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Out-of-state — 2026-2027 Cost of Attendance, tuition & fees, full-time dependent undergraduate, main campus, out-of-stateFrom the school-wide rate table for this level$36,724per academic year · 2026-2027Includes feesSource: afford.ua.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Scholarships and funding

Awards published by the school for this program or for its level. Loans must be repaid and are not scholarships; service scholarships require government service after graduation. Scholarships & funding guide

Program-specific scholarships: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

The NCAE-C directory lists The University of Alabama with a CyberCorps Scholarship for Service program; eligibility, service obligation and the programs it covers are set by the school and the federal program. Source: maps.caecommunity.org · verified October 11, 2026

Accreditation, ABET and CAE

Three different things: the school's institutional accreditation, ABET accreditation of this exact program, and the school's NSA CAE designation.

Institutional accreditation

  • Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) — accreditedSource: ope.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

ABET program accreditation

This program does not appear in ABET's accredited-program database. ABET accreditation is program-specific and optional; the school's other programs or its institutional accreditation do not imply it.

NSA CAE designation (school)

A CAE designation belongs to the institution and its validated program of study; it is not accreditation and does not certify every degree. Accreditation & CAE explained

Sources and verification

Every fact on this page comes from the official pages and directories below. Last verified October 11, 2026.
  1. afford.ua.edu/cost/ — Official tuition and fees page, verified October 11, 2026
  2. catalog.ua.edu/graduate/business/masters-of-business-administration-program-mba/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 11, 2026
  3. catalog.ua.edu/undergraduate/business/information-systems-statistics-management-science/business-cyb — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 11, 2026
  4. culverhouse.ua.edu/ism/business-cybersecurity/ — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  5. NCAE-C institution directory (National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity) — Source, verified October 11, 2026
  6. DAPIP — SACSCOC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026

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