Cybersecurity M.S. Curriculum

15 Credits

Required Courses

Core Courses

• CSC I4900 Applied Cryptography
• EE I7000 Network Security
• CSC I0420 Secure Operating Systems
• EE I7701 Secure Systems Engineering

Concentration Elective (select 1)

• CSC I0600 Advanced Algorithms
• EE F6000 Computer Communications Networks
• EE I6914 Hardware Security

6-12 Credits

Cybersecurity Electives

• EE I7702 Advanced Cybersecurity
• CSC I4490 Adversarial AI
• EE I7600 AI in Cybersecurity Lab
• CSC I4712 Cryptographic Protocols
• CSC I0040 The Cyber Attack Lifecycle: Threat Intelligence, Digital Forensics, & Incident Response
• EE G7**** Cybersecurity Operations
• CSC I1301 Data Privacy
• EE G6914 Hardware Security
• CSC H0240 Law and Policy Issues in Cybersecurity
• CSC I4950 Modern Cryptography
• EE I7700 Penetration Testing & Ethical Hacking
• CSC I0220 Secure Cloud Computing

0-6 Credits

Complementary Electives

• EE G4400 Advanced Computer Architecture
• CSC I4330 Advanced Topics in Internet Programming
• EE 6530 AI for Engineering Applications
• CSC I1500 Artificial Intelligence
• EE I6600 Communications Protocol Engineering
• CSC I1000 Database Systems I
• CSC I1100 Database Systems II
• CSC I9613 Distributed Algorithms
• EE I9400 High Speed Networks
• PHYS V6150 Introduction to Quantum Computation
• EE I6700 IP Routing
• EE G6500 Neural Networks & Deep Learning
• EE I0100 Probability & Stochastic Processes
• EE I6300 Wireless Communications
• EE G7100 Wireless Sensor Networks

3 Credits

Capstone Project

• Students will work with faculty/industry mentors to create their own Master's Design projects focused on one or more sub-fields within cybersecurity.