EXPANDING ACCESS TO CAREERS IN A TECHNOLOGY DRIVEN ECONOMY

Western Wyoming Community College and Laramie County Community College are enhancing their curriculum and programs to meet workforce demand in critical areas of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.

The Associates of Applied Science Cybersecurity program and Cybersecurity Certificate are designed to prepare students for positions in the cybersecurity field. The cybersecurity courses will provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to understand:

• security plans and policies

• the importance of maintaining confidentiality, integrity, and availability – the “CIA” of security

• the relationship between privacy and security

• operating system security

• network security

• defensive cyber techniques

• offensive cyber techniques to better understand how to defend systems and networks

• Cyber Security Operation Center roles and responsibilities.

For more details on Western Wyoming Community College's Cybersecurity program and its impact, visit https://www.westernwyoming.edu/academics/major-programs/business-technology/cybersecurity/index.php.

Laramie County Community College is expected to relaunch a Computer Science program in Fall 2025 with a focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI). This project represents a programmatic expansion in a discipline not currently in Wyoming and helps meet workforce needs in an evolving digital workforce. AI for the Workforce Program goals include: 

• • Gain technical confidence in AI – Equip the future workforce with the technical confidence to learn and apply AI skills independently.

  • Enhance employability for AI-related jobs – Build necessary technology, career growth and social skills for AI for jobs ahead.

  • Produce evidence for employment – Demonstrate solutions through AI projects capturing industrial or social impact.

Learn more about the work being done in this project on the Expanding Access to Career in a Technology Driven Economy dashboard.

Laramie County Community College (LCCC) and Western Wyoming Community College (WWCC) are working on a collaborative project to redevelop the Computer Science program at LCCC and establish an AAS in Cybersecurity at WWCC. These institutions will work to share knowledge across their institutions, adapt to the ever changing landscape of tech and AI, and are intended to build off of the collaborative nature of the software development program to share best practices around computing education. Additionally, WWCC will utilize LCCC's success in the cybersecurity certificate program and utilize remote learning opportunities from LCCC.