Information Assurance and Security Concentration

Major Core Requirements

• COMM 5110 - Leadership and Communication 3
• LDSP 5100 - Leadership for the Scientist-Manager 3
• STAT 5050 - Probabilistic and Statistical Reasoning 3

Concentration Requirements

• CSCI 5200 - Principles of Information Security 3
• CSCI 5600 - Computer Ethics 3
• CSCI 5613 - Cryptography 3

Concentration Guided Electives

• Select four (4) courses from the list below

• CSCI 5520 - Network Security 3
• CSCI 5611 - Computer Forensics and Incident Response 3
• CSCI 5612 - Securing Cyberspace (Web, DB, and Platforms) 3
• CSCI 5617 - Security Policy and Governance 3
• CSCI 5619 - Ethical Hacking and Offensive Security 3
• CSCI 5624 - Risk Management 3
• CSCI 5625 - Intrusion Detection and Prevention 3
• CSCI 5628 - Defensive Programming 3
• CSCI 5632 - Secure Software Engineering 3
• CSCI 5635 - Malware Analysis and Countermeasures 3
• CSCI 5670 - Enterprise Virtualization 3

• Select one (1) course from the list below (3-6 hours)

• CSCI 5910 - Master’s Systems Development Project 3 (repeatable up to 9 credit hours)
• CSCI 5920 - Master’s Research Project/Thesis 3 (repeatable up to 9 credit hours)

Total Program Hours 33-36