Academic Program Proposal

Date Proposal Activated	Institution and Proposal	Degree Awarded	Academic Program Name	Objection Deadline
9/6/2016	University of Maryland Baltimore Proposal	M.S.	Cybersecurity Law	11/5/2016
Cybersecurity Law Program Description
The Master of Science (M.S.) in Cybersecurity Law Online is designed for experienced, non-lawyer professionals who desire to enhance their careers by developing an understanding of and a competency in the law.  It will provide will students with an ability to understand the legal context for effectuating policy and program development, to recognize rules, statutes, and regulations that may apply when legal issues emerge, and to be more sophisticated directors and consumer legal services.  This program has not been designed to and will not permit graduates to practice law or otherwise undertake the legal representations of others.  Graduates of the program will have the ability to recognize and understand the legal regimes and structures that regulate or otherwise affect their professional roles, including the complementary and sometimes conflicting rules of federal, state, and local law as well as the allocation of jurisdiction among federal and state courts and administrative agencies.