HACS202

Group Project in Cybersecurity

Restriction: Must be a first-year student in the ACES (Advanced Cybersecurity Experience for Students) Minor Program; and cannot have been an ACES Living-Learning Program student (i.e., have taken HACS100 and HACS102). The group project in this course will combine technical, analytical, and communication skills, further engaging students in the practice of cybersecurity. Students will learn about design concepts and data analysis as they engage in a team project designing, deploying, and collecting and analyzing data from a honeypot. The hands-on nature of the course will give students experiential insight about how and why attackers attack and how to engage in protective measures to prevent attacks. Restriction: Must be a student in the ACES (Advanced Cybersecurity Experience for Students) Minor Program.

Fall 2025

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Average rating: 2.70

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Spring 2025

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Average rating: 2.70

Past Semesters

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.57 between 251 students*

HACS202 Grade Distribution+-051015202530354045505560657075% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 28.29%
A: 33.47%
A+: 9.16%
B-: 5.98%
B: 5.98%
B+: 11.55%
C: 1.59%
C+: 2.79%
W: 1.2%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.