Learn to design cyber engineering solutions

In DePaul’s Cyber-Physical Systems Engineering program, you’ll learn about engineering systems that integrate physical processes, computation and control. You’ll gain an understanding of how cyber-physical systems are used to manage electric grids and other infrastructures, home utilities and appliances, robots, autonomous vehicles, environmental sensor networks, traffic control, smart toys and Internet of Things (IoT) systems.

As you work toward your cyber engineering degree, you’ll learn how to:

• Analyze a simple physical process and develop a mathematical model that describes it
• Develop a feedback control system that controls a simple physical process
• Solve a computational problem by selecting appropriate data structures and algorithms
• Select the hardware (sensors, actuators, controllers, etc.) for a Cyber-Physical System
• Develop the embedded system software that manages Cyber-Physical System hardware
• Assess and improve the reliability and security of a simple Cyber-Physical System
• Integrate feedback control, algorithms, and hardware to implement a Cyber-Physical System

The Cyber-Physical Systems Engineering program takes on a multi-disciplinary approach – you’ll gain a broad and deep foundation in computer science and software development.

The Jarvis ?College of Computing and Digital Media (CDM) is located in downtown Chicago, in the heart of the city’s technology and business districts. With your DePaul cyber engineering degree, you’ll have many opportunities to work professionally with leading companies in information systems. Many CDM faculty members are working professionals, allowing you to learn first-hand from leaders in the industry.

Classes

Coursework

• Data Structures
• Discrete Mathematics
• Embedded Systems
• Networking for Cyber-Physical Systems
• Physics
• Technical Writing

Resources

• Major Requirements
• Schedule of Classes
• Department Website

• Combined bachelor's + master's degree offered

Career Options

Common Career Areas

• Automotive embedded software engineer
• Computer hardware engineer
• Cyber security analyst
• Cyber security engineer
• Information systems security manager
• IT security engineer
• Researcher?

Major Requirements

Course Requirements

Course List

Course	Title	Quarter Hours
CSC 241	INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE I	4
CSC 242	INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE II	4
CSC 300	DATA STRUCTURES I	4
CSC 301	DATA STRUCTURES II	4
CSC 321	DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF ALGORITHMS	4
CSC 373	COMPUTER SYSTEMS I	4
CSC 374	COMPUTER SYSTEMS II	4
CSE 299	HARDWARE PROJECTS	4
CSE 314	NETWORKING FOR CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS	4
CSE 316	CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEM SECURITY	4
CSE 331	CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEM ENGINEERING I	4
CSE 332	CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING II	4
CSE 333	CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING III	4
CSE 351	EMBEDDED SYSTEMS I	4
CSE 352	EMBEDDED SYSTEMS II	4
CSE 361	LINEAR SYSTEMS	4
CSE 362	FOUNDATIONS OF CYBER-PHYSICAL COMPUTING	4
CSE 393	CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PRACTICUM I (Experiential Learning)	4
CSE 394	CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PRACTICUM II (Capstone)	4
MAT 140	DISCRETE MATHEMATICS I	4
MAT 141	DISCRETE MATHEMATICS II	4
MAT 150	CALCULUS I	4
MAT 151	CALCULUS II	4
MAT 152	CALCULUS III	4
MAT 260	MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS I	4
MAT 262	LINEAR ALGEBRA	4
MAT 304	DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS	4
MAT 351	PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS I	4
PHY 170	UNIVERSITY PHYSICS I	4
PHY 171	UNIVERSITY PHYSICS II	4
PHY 172	UNIVERSITY PHYSICS III	4
WRD 204	TECHNICAL WRITING	4
Select twelve (12) credit hours of Major Electives		12
Select four (4) credit hours of Open Electives		4

Note: Students may take CSC 243 and one (1) additional Major Elective in lieu of CSC 241 and CSC 242.

Major Electives

Major electives may be selected from the following list of courses:

Course List

Course	Title	Quarter Hours
BIO 191	GENERAL BIOLOGY I FOR SCIENCE MAJORS
BIO 192	GENERAL BIOLOGY II FOR SCIENCE MAJORS
BIO 193	GENERAL BIOLOGY III FOR SCIENCE MAJORS
CHE 140	UNIVERSITY CHEMISTRY I
CHE 142	UNIVERSITY CHEMISTRY II
CHE 144	UNIVERSITY CHEMISTRY III
CSC 299	SOPHOMORE LAB IN APPLIED COMPUTING
CSE 304	RAPID PROTOTYPING TECHNOLOGIES
CSE 341	DIGITAL SYSTEMS
CSE 342	COMPUTER SYSTEM ORGANIZATION AND DESIGN
CSE 377	INTRO TO MECHATRONICS
CSEC 378	HOST BASED SECURITY (FORMERLY CNS 378)
IT 300	RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
MAT 352	PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS II
MAT 353	PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS III
MAT 370	ADVANCED LINEAR ALGEBRA
MAT 381	FOURIER ANALYSIS AND SPECIAL FUNCTIONS
MAT 384	MATHEMATICAL MODELING
MAT 385	NUMERICAL ANALYSIS I
MAT 386	NUMERICAL ANALYSIS II
PHY 110	BASIC ELECTRONICS: PRINCIPLES & TECHNIQUES
PHY 231	LINEAR ELECTRIC CIRCUITS
PHY 270	UNIVERSITY PHYSICS IV
PHY 300	METHODS OF COMPUTATIONAL AND THEORETICAL PHYSICS I
PHY 301	METHODS OF COMPUTATIONAL AND THEORETICAL PHYSICS II
PHY 320	ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM I
PHY 321	ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM II
PHY 370	ELECTRONICS
Any 300-level CSC course
Any 300-level SE course

Open Electives

Open elective credit also is required to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours.

See www.cdm.depaul.edu to see sample schedule of course requirements on a year-by-year basis.

Degree Requirements

Students in this degree must meet the following requirements:

• Complete a minimum of 192 credit hours (generally 48 courses).
• Earn a grade of C- or higher in WRD 103, WRD 104, and all Major and Minor courses.
• Earn a grade of D or higher in all other Liberal Studies and Open Elective courses.
• Maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher.