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Capitol Technology University Course Catalog

   
    Sep 19, 2024  
2024-2025 Course Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Course Catalog

Cyber Leadership, Ph.D.


The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Cyber Leadership provides students with the opportunity to conduct extensive and sustained original research at the highest level in the field of Cyber Leadership. Cyber Leadership is the branch of computer science and cybersecurity that focuses on the development of the planning, management and implementation of the leadership needed for the system to work efficiently. As a result, Cyber Leadership is an interdisciplinary field that now includes a wide range of disciplines such as computers, cybersecurity, management, strategy, and logistics.

The PhD in Cyber Leadership is a unique doctoral program designed to meet the demands of the highest skilled professionals to become the leaders who will be involved in the advancement, expansion, and support of the Cyber industry. Cyber Leadership is one of the most rapidly growing fields, permeating all sectors of our lives as the Internet of Things (IoT) becomes integral to life, work, national security. As such, there is a need for innovative researchers and practitioners who desire to elevate their skills to the highest level and contribute to the body of knowledge in Cyber Leadership.

All required courses are offered exclusively online in a 16-week asynchronous format.

Student Outcomes

  • Graduates will integrate the theoretical basis and practical applications of Cyber Leadership into their professional work.
  • Graduates will demonstrate the highest mastery of Cyber Leadership.
  • Graduates will evaluate complex problems, synthesize divergent/alternative/ contradictory perspectives and ideas fully, and develop advanced solutions to Cyber Leadership challenges.
  • Graduates will contribute to the body of knowledge in the study of Cyber Leadership.
  • Graduates will be at the forefront of planning cyber personnel and systems.

Notes


  • This program may be completed with a minimum of 60 credit hours, but may require additional credit hours, depending on the time required to complete the dissertation/publication research. Students who are not prepared to defend after completion of the 60 credits will be required to enroll in RSC-899, a one-credit, eight-week continuation course.
  • Students are required to be continuously enrolled/registered in the RSC-899 course until they successfully complete their dissertation defense/exegesis.