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Course Requirements

Introductory Courses

Course Title Quarter Hours
CSC 400DISCRETE STRUCTURES FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE4
CSC 401INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING4
CSC 402DATA STRUCTURES I4
CSC 403DATA STRUCTURES II4
CSC 406SYSTEMS I4
CSC 407SYSTEMS II4

Foundation Courses

Course Title Quarter Hours
CSC 435DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS I4
SE 450OBJECT-ORIENTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT4
NET 477NETWORK SECURITY (FORMERLY TDC 477)4
CSEC 440INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT (FORMERLY CNS 440)4
CSEC 450DIGITAL FORENSIC TECHNIQUES (FORMERLY CNS 450)4

Advanced Courses 

Course Title Quarter Hours
CSEC 480CYBERSECURITY AUTOMATION OPERATIONS4
Select twelve (12) Credit Hours from the following: 12
CSC 439
COMPUTER SECURITY
CSC 440
CRYPTOLOGY
CSC 463
THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SAFE SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING
CSEC 428
IT RISK MANAGEMENT
CSEC 477
GOVERNANCE POLICIES IN INFORMATION ASSURANCE (FORMERLY CNS 477)
NET 560
ADVANCED NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES AND DESIGN (FORMERLY TDC 560)
NET 577
NETWORK SECURITY II (FORMERLY TDC 577)
SE 525
SOFTWARE SECURITY ARCHITECTURE
SE 526
SOFTWARE SECURITY ASSESSMENT

Major Elective Courses

Students must complete four (4) credit hours from CSEC courses in the range of 420 or higher or a course from the list of courses below. That course cannot be used to fulfill a student's CSEC Concentration Area or Foundation Course requirements.

Course Title Quarter Hours
DSC 423
DATA ANALYSIS AND REGRESSION
DSC 424
ADVANCED DATA ANALYSIS
DSC 433
SCRIPTING FOR DATA ANALYSIS
CSC 436
WEB APPLICATIONS
CSC 438
FRAMEWORK FOR WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
CSC 439
COMPUTER SECURITY
CSC 440
CRYPTOLOGY
DSC 465
DATA VISUALIZATION
DSC 478
PROGRAMMING MACHINE LEARNING APPLICATIONS
CSC 536
DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS II
CSC 557
FOUNDATIONS OF COMPUTER SECURITY
CSE 426
CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEM SECURITY
ECT 582
SECURE ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
IS 444
IT AUDITING
DSC 441
FUNDAMENTALS OF DATA SCIENCE
IS 482
LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
IS 505
BUSINESS CONTINUITY/DISASTER RECOVERY THEORIES AND STRATEGIES
IS 506
BUSINESS CONTINUITY/DISASTER RECOVERY MANAGEMENT AND TACTICS
SE 433
SOFTWARE TESTING AND QUALITY ASSURANCE
SE 441
CONTINUOUS DELIVERY AND DevOps
SE 452
OBJECT-ORIENTED ENTERPRISE COMPUTING
SE 482
REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING
SE 525
SOFTWARE SECURITY ARCHITECTURE
SE 526
SOFTWARE SECURITY ASSESSMENT
SE 529
SOFTWARE RISK MANAGEMENT
NET 460
FOUNDATIONS OF NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES (FORMERLY TDC 460)
NET 511
TELECOMMUNICATIONS PRACTICUM
NET 560
ADVANCED NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES AND DESIGN (FORMERLY TDC 560)
NET 562
COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORK DESIGN & ANALYSIS (FORMERLY TDC 562)
NET 563
PROTOCOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DATA NETWORKS (FORMERLY TDC 563)
NET 567
TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT (FORMERLY TDC 567)
NET 568
NETWORK MANAGEMENT (FORMERLY TDC 568)
NET 577
NETWORK SECURITY II (FORMERLY TDC 577)

CDM Open Elective Courses

Students must complete four (4) Credit Hours of  advisor-approved graduate courses from the School of Computing in the range of 421-699.  Open Elective courses must be within the range of 421-699 and must be chosen among : CSC, CSE, CSEC, DSC, ECT, GAM, HIT, IS, IT, NET, SE.

Capstone Options

Students have the option of completing the Information Security Governance course (4 credit hours) or the Cybersecurity Security Capstone course (4 credit hours) or completing a Master's Research Project (up to 8 credit hours) to fulfill their Capstone requirement. If a student chooses to complete a Master's Research project for 8 credit hours, 4 credit hours of CSC 695 replace one major or open elective course in the M.S. in Cybersecurity program. A student who completes a Master's Research project also has the option of completing a Master's Thesis.

Information Security Governance Course

Computer, Information and Network Security Capstone Course

Master's Research

  • Students interested in a more-in-depth study of a particular area can choose to work with a faculty member (not necessarily their academic advisor) on an independent study or research project. The student will register for up to 8 credit hours of CSC 695. If a student chooses to complete a Master's Research Project for 8 credit hours, 4 credit hours of CSC 695 replace one more or open elective course in the MS in Cybersecurity program.

Master's Thesis

  • A student who has made an original contribution to the area (typically, through work done by CSC 695) may choose to complete a Master's Thesis. The student and the student's research advisor should form a Master's Thesis Committee of 3 faculty. The student will need to submit to the committee a thesis detailing the results of the research project. After a public defense, the committee will decide whether to accept the thesis. In that case, the student will be allowed to register for the 0 credit course CSC 698 and the transcript will show the thesis title as the course topic.