Cyber Security and Networks Pathway

GCU Pathways

Pathways students enrol on the undergraduate BSc (Hons) Cyber Security and Networks at Glasgow Caledonian University.

In the first two years, you will study either HND Cyber Security, HND Computer Networking or HND Computing Technical Support at Glasgow Clyde College while preparing for year three and four of the degree.

Study BSc (Hons) Cyber Security and Networks at GCU and you will study materials direct from the professionally recognised CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate and CCNP Cisco Certified Network Professional qualifications. With additional study and assessment, you can go on to become Cisco certified.

Choose the cyber security college pathway if:

• you enjoy learning in a hands-on practical way
• you want to graduate into the growing cyber security sector
• you want the information and system security skills that the leading IT consultancies and departments are looking for
• you expect a period of paid work experience as part of your degree
• you work best with lots of interaction from lecturing staff
• you like working in the latest security labs, working towards clear goals with a sense of achievement at the end of each year of study
• you would like to option of going on to further postgraduate study or Cisco certification

Students who have sat a secondary school qualification in Saudi Arabia are not generally able to join an undergraduate programme at the University and would be required to undertake a foundation programme before joining one of our undergraduate programmes at GCU. Contact international@gcu.ac.uk for further information on accepted foundation qualifications.

These programmes will prepare you for entering the communication networks, security engineering and digital forensics sector, an industry which employs one in three of all jobs within the IT sector. This sector is becoming increasingly complex, with particular need for digital forensics, digital security, ethical hacking, wireless and mobile specialist skills.

We would expect digital security graduates to embark on a range of career pathways including government agencies, law enforcement or associated private sector agencies, business, supporting specialist roles such as forensic practitioners, penetration testers (ethical hackers) and security and forensic consultants.