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Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Information Systems – Information Assurance

Overview
Career Opportunities
Internships and Resources
Admission Requirements

Assure Information and Manage Risks with a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Assurance

Corporations, businesses, and government organizations employ people who are skilled at protecting the valuable data stored on their servers and computer networks. Liberty University’s Bachelor of Science in Information Systems – Information Assurance degree provides training in identifying the assets, threats, and vulnerabilities of an organization in order to calculate risk. You will learn to establish policies to mitigate or reduce the risk by the implementation of technology, procedures, and standards.

Network systems are under constant attack from unwanted intrusions. By earning our information assurance bachelor’s degree, you’ll be prepared to break into this financially rewarding field. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average yearly salary for an information security analyst in 2018 was around $98,350. In addition to the salary, the job outlook for this field is projected to grow by 32% over 10 years, which is much faster than average.*

*Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Information Security Analysts, at https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/information-security-analysts.htm (visited February 11, 2020). Cited projections may not reflect local and/or short-term economic or job conditions and do not guarantee actual job growth.

Pursue Your Degree with Confidence

  • Liberty University is accredited by SACSCOC, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
  • Earn an Oracle certification in 8 weeks.
  • Having certifications on your résumé with a bachelor’s degree in information systems will lead to greater financial rewards and job opportunities.
  • Though our business internship program, you will have the chance to get first-hand experience working alongside experienced professionals in the field.

What Will You Learn?

  • The fundamentals of system forensics, the role of computer forensics specialists, computer forensic evidence, and application of forensic analysis skills
  • The new risks, threats, and vulnerabilities associated with the transformation to a digital world, including a look at how business, government, and individuals operate today
  • Oracle, which will allow you to manipulate data, produce complex programs, and create multi-dimensional databases that can be used by business intelligence systems
  • How to find and follow evidence once a computer crime has been committed
  • Application programming, web architecture, and web development

Career Opportunities for Our B.S. in Information Systems – Information Assurance Graduates

  • Cyber security specialist
  • Information assurance engineer
  • Information operations specialist
  • Security manager
  • Security policy manager

Internships and Resources Available to Information Systems Students

  • You could pursue multiple areas of study due to the allowable electives within your degree.
  • Our School of Business has its own 78,000-square-foot building with computer labs, a networking and data center, student and faculty common areas, and modern classrooms outfitted with the latest technology.
  • Our School of Business offers Liberty’s Center for Cyber Excellence, where you can gain the critical skills you need to help protect and defend information systems from attack.
  • Like Liberty’s entire faculty, our professors care about the success and outcomes of each student.
  • You have the opportunity to train and graduate with a variety of certificates such as Microsoft, SAP, Cisco, and more.

Admission Requirements for Our Undergraduate Degree Programs

Every application is reviewed by the admission committee on a case-by-case basis, meaning there are no set minimums for acceptance. However, all applicants must submit the following documents* for admission:

  • Admission application
  • Official high school transcripts
  • Official college transcripts (if applicable)
  • Results from the CLT, SAT, or ACT are not required for admission, but may be used in consideration for merit-based aid.
  • Admission essay

*Note that additional documentation may be requested by the admission committee after your application has been received.

120

Credit Hours

SACSCOC

Class Type

Residential

Transfer Credits

Transfer in up to 75% of the degree total

Next Start Date

Aug 19, 2024

Accreditation

Liberty University is accredited by SACSCOC

15,000+

Students

20

NCAA DI Sports

500,000+

Community Service Hours

350+

Undergrad & Grad Programs

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At Liberty, you’ll find an affordable, high-quality education that equips students like you for the real world. Our commitment to excellence helped us rank among Niche.com’s Top 3 college campuses in America. Earning your degree from a nonprofit university with state-of-the-art resources like ours can help set you apart from your peers.

      Ways To Visit Campus       

Montview Student Union

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Baseball Stadium

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Center for Medical and Health Sciences

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Center for Music and the Worship Arts

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Center for Natural Sciences

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DeMoss Hall

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Jerry Falwell Library

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John W. Rawlings School of Divinity

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LaHaye Ice Center

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LaHaye Recreation and Fitness Center

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Reber-Thomas Dining Center

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Residential Commons

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School of Business

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Snowflex Centre

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Tower Theater

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Vines Center

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Williams Stadium

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Located directly behind Arthur S. DeMoss Hall, the Montview Student Union is a 4-story, 168,000-square-foot structure that includes a lounge overlooking the Academic Commons, retail dining venues, an art gallery, a ballroom, and a bowling alley. The building also has space for academics, meetings, and offices.

The Liberty Baseball Stadium features the latest turf playing surface, as well as full-length, major league-style dugouts, a fully-equipped media area, two suites, a club room, and a spectator picnic area.

The Center for Medical and Health Sciences (CMHS) is a state-of-the-art modern learning facility for Liberty University's College of Osteopathic Medicine (LUCOM) and School of Health Sciences. Sitting on Liberty Mountain, the 140,000 square-foot, four-story facility offers breathtaking views of the valley and the Blue Ridge Mountains to the north and west.

The Center for Music and the Worship Arts features 124 Steinway pianos and 43 teaching studios complete with piano, songwriting, and music computer labs. Additionally, the center includes a 1,600-seat concert hall.

The Center for Natural Sciences houses classrooms, an auditorium, and more than 30 laboratories designed for hands-on learning, including an advanced anatomy lab and a cell culture lab. The facility has more than $2 million in equipment, including a GC mass spectrometer and a gene sequencer.

As the primary academic building on campus, Arthur S. DeMoss Hall spans 500,000 square feet over four floors and houses computer labs, classrooms and student resource centers, and a rooftop terrace.

Jerry Falwell Library houses an array of study spaces including six learning commons, one technology commons, and 30 group-study rooms. Multiple terraces and balconies provide additional space to relax, and several dining options are available. Taking advantage of the latest technology, the ASRS, a robotic retrieval system, houses the majority of the library’s collections in a state-of-the-art automated on-site retrieval system.

The 275-foot-tall Freedom Tower, home of the John W. Rawlings School of Divinity, the nation’s largest center for religious studies and ministerial training, includes classrooms and offices, a conference room, a homiletics lab, and an interactive classroom, as well as observation spaces to take in the spectacular views of campus.

The LaHaye Ice Center is home to Liberty men's and women's hockey teams, as well as the synchronized skating and figure skating teams. Recently renovated, the ice center seats 4,000 fans and includes 10 box suites.

Whichever way you like to break a sweat, you can do it here! The recreation center has weight rooms, cardio lofts, private classrooms, an indoor track, pools, a rock wall, soccer fields, and basketball courts.

The Reber-Thomas Dining Center (Liberty’s dining hall) is a two-story, 120,000-square-foot all-you-care-to-eat buffet that boasts a seating capacity of more than 2,700. It provides breakfast, lunch, and dinner and offers over 20 unique stations to choose from.

The Residential Commons are comprised of three residence halls. The rooms feature a private bath, and every floor provides laundry facilities and a common lounge. Additional residential facilities are also planned for the site.

The three-story structure serves as a home base for the School of Business, which includes 152 programs from the certificate to the doctoral level, as well as centers of excellence focused on entrepreneurship, financial literacy, cybersecurity, and stock trading. On the first floor, a stock trading simulation room, operating in partnership with Truist, features an LED stock ticker that wraps around the top of the room and streams the latest market activity from Wall Street.

The Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre offers students the opportunity to ski, snowboard, and tube year-round with its cutting-edge terrain technology.

Tower Theater is home to Liberty’s Department of Theatre Arts as well as the professional theatre company, Alluvion Stage Company. Tower Theater features a Broadway-style fly tower and professional rigging system and has over 12,000 square feet of backstage and support area.

This auditorium’s 10,000 seats are filled by students at Convocation and Campus Community, concert-goers, and athletic event attendees.

The stadium’s 25,000 seats host the fans of our FBS conference football team. Williams Stadium also boasts a 110-foot viewing tower and houses the Football Operations Center, containing locker rooms, coaches’ offices, equipment, and weight rooms, and a training facility.

The Admission Process

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Start the enrollment process by applying online now — the application takes about 10 minutes. Your application fee isn’t due until you enroll!

Get Accepted

Once you’ve submitted all your admission documents, you’ll be updated on the status of your application through text and email. You can also keep track on your Student Checklist.

Act Early

After you apply, submit your Enrollment Deposit to earn extra scholarship awards, which decrease over time.

Contact one of our Admissions Counselors for more information by calling (800) 543-5317.

Hear from Liberty Students — Past and Present

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Former SGA President Derek R.

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David H.

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“Once I made it on campus — just the overwhelming amount of love that I received from the student body, the people on my hall, and my RAs just blew me away.”