Program Area Requirements
MS Cybersecurity and Cyber Systems Program Area Requirements Approved Courses
The Master of Science degree in Cybersecurity and Cyber Systems has three area requirements, to ensure that students graduate with a reasonably broad background in Cybersecurity and Cyber Systems.
The catalog courses that are approved for each of these areas are as follows:
-- Fundamentals in computer security area:
CS 410 or ECE 434.
-- Fundamentals in systems programming:
CS 407 or ECE 536.
-- Fundamentals in network systems:
CS 440 or ECE 553.
Students must take at least two CS/ECE five hundred level courses not cross-listed to a four hundred level course.
In cybersecurity concentration, students must complete 4 courses in cybersecurity and 1 course in cyber systems.
In cyber systems concentration, students must complete 4 courses in cyber systems and 1 course in cybersecurity.
List of cybersecurity courses for the MS degree: CS 408, CS 409, CS 413, CS 415, ECE 418, ECE 517, ECE 518, ECE 519, CS 525, CS 531.
List of cyber system courses for the MS degree: ECE 417, ECE 419, CS 425, ECE 431, CS 441, ECE 475, ECE 512, ECE 528, ECE 536, CS 540, ECE 541.
MS Thesis option: 6 credit hours of thesis in ECE or CS (ECE 599 or CS 599) may substitute for 6 credit hours in a concentration area.