High School Course Guide

Cybersecurity – PLTW

Required/Elective
Elective
GPA
Yes
Grade Level
11, 12
Session
Year-long
Proficiency Required
None
Prerequisites
None
High School Course Number
900K
Dual Credit
N/A
High School Credits
2 Credits
College Credits
N/A

Course Description

Cybersecurity introduces the tools and concepts of cybersecurity and encourages students to create solutions that allow people to share computing resources while protecting privacy. Nationally, computational resources are vulnerable and frequently attacked; in Cybersecurity, students solve problems by understanding and closing these vulnerabilities. This course raises students’ knowledge of and commitment to ethical computing behavior. It also aims to develop students’ skills to effectively contribute to communities with a dependable cyber-infrastructure that moves and processes information safely.