Course Requirements
Introductory Courses
Course List
Course |
Title |
Quarter Hours |
CSC 400 | DISCRETE STRUCTURES FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE | 4 |
CSC 401 | INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING | 4 |
CSC 402 | DATA STRUCTURES I | 4 |
CSC 403 | DATA STRUCTURES II | 4 |
CSC 406 | SYSTEMS I | 4 |
CSC 407 | SYSTEMS II | 4 |
Foundation Courses
Course List
Course |
Title |
Quarter Hours |
CSC 435 | DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS I | 4 |
SE 450 | OBJECT-ORIENTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT | 4 |
NET 477 | NETWORK SECURITY (FORMERLY TDC 477) | 4 |
CSEC 440 | INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT (FORMERLY CNS 440) | 4 |
CSEC 450 | DIGITAL FORENSIC TECHNIQUES (FORMERLY CNS 450) | 4 |
Advanced Courses
Course List
Course |
Title |
Quarter Hours |
CSC 480 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE I | 4 |
| 12 |
| COMPUTER SECURITY | |
| CRYPTOLOGY | |
| THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SAFE SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING | |
| IT RISK MANAGEMENT | |
| GOVERNANCE POLICIES IN INFORMATION ASSURANCE (FORMERLY CNS 477) | |
| SOFTWARE SECURITY ARCHITECTURE | |
| SOFTWARE SECURITY ASSESSMENT | |
| ADVANCED NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES AND DESIGN (FORMERLY TDC 560) | |
| NETWORK SECURITY II (FORMERLY TDC 577) | |
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 List
Course |
Title |
Quarter Hours |
| DATA ANALYSIS AND REGRESSION | |
| ADVANCED DATA ANALYSIS | |
| SCRIPTING FOR DATA ANALYSIS | |
| WEB APPLICATIONS | |
| FRAMEWORK FOR WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT | |
| COMPUTER SECURITY | |
| CRYPTOLOGY | |
| DATA VISUALIZATION | |
| PROGRAMMING MACHINE LEARNING APPLICATIONS | |
| DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS II | |
| FOUNDATIONS OF COMPUTER SECURITY | |
| CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEM SECURITY | |
| SECURE ELECTRONIC COMMERCE | |
| IT AUDITING | |
| FUNDAMENTALS OF DATA SCIENCE | |
| LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | |
| BUSINESS CONTINUITY/DISASTER RECOVERY THEORIES AND STRATEGIES | |
| BUSINESS CONTINUITY/DISASTER RECOVERY MANAGEMENT AND TACTICS | |
| SOFTWARE TESTING AND QUALITY ASSURANCE | |
| CONTINUOUS DELIVERY AND DevOps | |
| OBJECT-ORIENTED ENTERPRISE COMPUTING | |
| REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING | |
| SOFTWARE SECURITY ARCHITECTURE | |
| SOFTWARE SECURITY ASSESSMENT | |
| SOFTWARE RISK MANAGEMENT | |
| FOUNDATIONS OF NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES (FORMERLY TDC 460) | |
| TELECOMMUNICATIONS PRACTICUM (FORMERLY TDC 511) | |
| ADVANCED NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES AND DESIGN (FORMERLY TDC 560) | |
| COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORK DESIGN & ANALYSIS (FORMERLY TDC 562) | |
| PROTOCOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DATA NETWORKS (FORMERLY TDC 563) | |
| TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT (FORMERLY TDC 567) | |
| NETWORK MANAGEMENT (FORMERLY TDC 568) | |
| NETWORK SECURITY II (FORMERLY TDC 577) | |
CDM Open Elective Courses
Students must complete four (4) Credit Hours of CDM open electives. Open Elective courses must be within the range of 421-699 and must be chosen among CSC, CSEC, NET, SE, IS, ECT, IT, PM, IPD, HIT, HCI, and GAM courses.
Capstone Options
Students have the option of completing the Information Security Governance course (4 credit hours) or the Computer, Information and Network 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 Computer, Information, and Network Security 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 major 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.