Master of Science in Cyber Security and Information Assurance (M.S.) (Online)

Program Learning Outcomes

Explore security risks, threats, and vulnerabilities while designing and building working solutions to protect the computing assets of an organization.
Develop, apply, and institutionalize risk management practices and assessment from cyber security perspective.
Examine, analyze and interpret legal & ethical aspects from cyber security perspectives.
Explore the role information assurance plays in cyber security, particularly in the development and deployment of frameworks and how one must account for this in security planning.
Design and implement technical solutions to secure systems.

Graduate students must complete their program within six (6) years of matriculation.
All courses must be passed with a “C” (2.0) or better to be counted in the program.
Students must earn a minimum overall GPA of 3.0 to graduate.

Select 9 credits from the following:

Students must complete capstone class(es) up to 6 credits.

CSIA 6500 - Capstone Experience 1 Credit(s) (must complete 6 credits) 6 Credit(s)

Students must complete thesis class(es) up to 6 credits.

If students choose not to work on a capstone project or thesis for their CSIA graduate degree, they can take any two (2) additional courses (6 credits) from the elective options.