Selected UCF coursework, framed around the applied problem each course let me dig into.
Each is grounded in real assignments, projects, and self-directed extensions.
Security in Computing CIS 3360
Studied attack surfaces, cryptography, authentication, and defense-in-depth — the foundation for my detection-engineering portfolio.
Statistics Data Science / AI I STA 4364
Hands-on with ML pipelines, evaluation, and reproducible analysis — the techniques I'm now applying to anomaly detection.
Statistical Learning STA 4241
Regression, classification, regularization, and model selection — directly applicable to detection model tuning and false-positive reduction.
Big Data Analytics Methods STA 4724
Large-scale data processing and analytical workflows — the toolkit for working with security telemetry at scale.
Biostatistical Methods STA 4173
Earned an A applying hypothesis testing and modeling to real datasets — translates cleanly to security baseline-vs-anomaly analysis.
Statistical Theory I & II STA 4321 / 4322
Probability, distributions, estimation, and inference — the mathematical backbone for anything from detection scoring to risk modeling.
Computer Science I COP 3502C
Data structures, algorithms, and complexity analysis — the foundation for everything I build today.
Object-Oriented Programming COP 3330
Java OOP design — classes, inheritance, polymorphism, and the patterns that show up across modern enterprise security tooling.
Computer Logic & Organization CDA 3103C
Low-level systems thinking: how CPUs, memory, and instruction sets actually behave — useful context for reverse engineering and exploit basics.
Discrete Structures COT 3100C
Earned an A in the math behind cryptography, automata, and graph algorithms — the formal underpinning of computer security.
Numerical Calculus COT 4500
Numerical methods, error analysis, and computational techniques — the practical bridge between math theory and working code.
Matrix & Linear Algebra MAS 3105
Linear systems, eigenvalues, and matrix decomposition — the math behind ML, dimensionality reduction, and modern detection algorithms.
Writing for the Technical Professions ENC 3241
Technical writing fundamentals — documenting decisions clearly, which is half the job in any security team.
Computer Processing of Statistical Data STA 4102
Reproducible statistical computing — the discipline that translates directly to scripting security telemetry workflows.