Academic Program Proposal

Date Proposal Activated	Institution and Proposal	Degree Awarded	Academic Program Name	Objection Deadline	MHEC Final Action	Final Decision Date
	University of Maryland, Eastern Shore Proposal	Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)	AoC in Cybersecurity within a Doctor of Philosophy	2/3/2023	Approved	2/28/2023
AoC in Cybersecurity within a Doctor of Philosophy Program Description
The AoC in Cybersecurity with in the Ph.D. in Applied Computing and Engineering will facilitate and promote students to develop innovative technologies in emerging fields such as cybersecurity for a wide range of applications including business, finance, agriculture, healthcare, automobile, aerospace, and clean energy systems, etc. that are critical to the economic development of the region and the state. It will help students <br>develop new technologies in the emerging fields such as cybersecurity, data, and computational sciences, software engineering, robotics and automation, drone design, <br>unmanned systems and control, mechatronics, computer networks, wireless communications, and Internet of Things (IoT). The curriculum of the program is devised to harness faculty expertise and experience in various technical fields in the School of Business and Technology at UMES. The program.