Preview the updated UTeach AP Cybersecurity curriculum for 2026–27!
In this hands-on, project-based curriculum, students explore core cybersecurity skills through practical lessons focused on topics like common threats and vulnerabilities, risk management, and a defense-in-depth strategy for securing systems, networks, and data. Throughout the units, students prove their cyber defense skills through real-world challenges from a fictional hacker group that has "hijacked" the course. Students connect classroom learning to practical application with unit projects, easy-to-understand videos, collaborative research activities, and skills-focused labs.
The UTeach AP Cybersecurity curriculum, developed in collaboration with Teach Cyber, is fully aligned with College Board’s AP Cybersecurity course framework beginning in 2026–27.
Learn more at https://cs.uteach.utexas.edu/cybersecurity.
