Bachelor of Computer Science - Cybersecurity

The Bachelor of Computer Science – Cybersecurity is a four-year honours degree with a work placement, combining a full computer science foundation with security specialisation.

The computer science core covers programming and object-oriented design, data structures and algorithms, computer architecture and operating systems, database systems, networking, discrete mathematics and statistics, and software engineering. The security specialisation layers on cryptography, network and infrastructure security, application and secure code development, ethical hacking and penetration testing, digital forensics and incident response, security operations and monitoring, risk management and governance frameworks, and cloud security.

Two structural advantages for international students. Cybersecurity has a documented skills shortage across Canadian financial services, government and healthcare, so demand is real rather than speculative. And as a degree, this program is exempt from the PGWP field-of-study restriction that applies to Humber’s diplomas and graduate certificates — which makes it a structurally safer immigration pathway than a shorter security credential.

The work placement is a graded part of the program, so you finish with documented Canadian experience and a referee rather than only a transcript.

Humber Polytechnic — formerly Humber College — is Ontario’s largest public college and a Designated Learning Institution (DLI O19376943122). The North campus in Etobicoke is its main site, running technology, engineering, health science, business and skilled trades programs in purpose-built labs and shops rather than lecture halls, with three intakes a year and the deepest employer network in the Greater Toronto Area.

Its field maps to CIP 11.1003 (Computer and information systems security). Because this is a degree, graduates are exempt from the November 2024 PGWP field-of-study restriction that applies to college credentials. Full-time on-campus study and graduation remain the conditions, and IRCC makes the final decision.