DESIGNING A DOCTORAL PROGRAM IN CYBERSECURITY FOR WORKING PROFESSIONALS
Issues in Information Systems · 2019
Cybersecurity is an emerging and fast-growing field, and there has been a large and increasing demand for cybersecurity experts, leaders and college faculty with advanced education.Doctoral education is expected to produce advanced researchers and leaders in various areas, and working professionals are a significant part of doctoral student population, who prefer online education to accommodate their busy work schedules.Doctoral program curriculum, courses and learning activities should be designed to support and achieve the course learning outcomes, program objectives as well as educational and professional goals for students.This paper proposes a doctoral curriculum design model and a new Ph.D. program in Cybersecurity for working professionals using the case of a private non-profit university in northeastern United States.The program proposal presents the doctoral program and curriculum design based on the proposed design model and survey findings among working professionals for doctoral education in Cybersecurity, discusses key components of the curriculum design and examines their value and relationships to the goals and objectives of doctoral education.