SAIS Track Within MSIS Program
Students pursuing the SAIS track within the MSIS program are required to fulfill the MSIS course requirements by taking a specified number of credit hours of coursework from the Foundations, Cognitive Systems, Systems and Technology and Elective areas. The highly recommended SAIS plan of study meeting the required MSIS course distribution is shown below.
Requirements
Foundations (6 Credits)
- IS2000 - Intro to Information Science
- IS2170/TEL2820 - Cryptography
Cognitive Systems (6 Credits)
- IS2300 - Human Information Processing
- IS2470 - Interactive System Design OR IS2350 - Human Factors in Systems
Systems & Technology - General (9 Credits)
- IS2550 - Client Server
- IS2710 - Database Management System
- IS2511 - Advanced Analysis & Design OR IS2540 Software Engineering
Systems & Technology - SAIS Track (9 Credits)
- IS2150/TEL2810 - Introduction to Computer Security
- TEL2821 - Network Security
- IS2190/TEL2830 - Capstone Course in Security
SAIS Track Electives (6 Credits)
IA Elective Pool
- IS2570 - Developing Secure systems
- IS2771/TEL2771 - Security in E-Commerce
- IS2820/TEL2813 - Security Management
- LIS 2194 - Information Ethics
- LIS2184 - Legal Issues in Handling Information
One S&T Elective
- IS 2611 - Algorithm Design
- IS 2720 - Geographic Information Systems
- IS 2410 - Introduction To Parallel Distributed Processing
- IS 2160 - Data Mining
Students may also use, with permission from his advisor, any course listed in the previous categories or the IA Elective pool or any other remaining courses in the Information Science program, including TELCOM 2200: Electronic Communications I and TELCOM 2510: US Telecommunications Policy, to satisfy the S&T/Cognitive Elective.
Note that the courses listed above are highly recommended. With approval from the department students may be able take courses other than ones listed above to meet a specific area requirement. With special permission, students may also be exempted from taking IS2000. In that case, another Foundations Area course is required.
SAIS Track within MST Program
Students pursuing the SAIS track within the MST program are required to fulfill the MST course requirements by taking a specified number of credit hours of coursework from the Core Requirements, Human Communications, Management/Policy, Protocols and Design, and SAIS track cores and elective areas. The highly recommended SAIS plan of study meeting the required MST course distribution is shown below.
Requirements
Core Requirements (9 Credits)
- TEL2210 - Electronic Communications II
- TEL2120 - Network Performance
- TEL2310 - Computer Networks
Human Comm Mgmt/Policy (6 Credits)
- IS2300 - Human Information Processing
- TEL2510 - US Telecom Policy OR TEL2511 - Intl. Telecom Policy OR LIS2194 - Information Ethics
Protocols and Design (6 Credits)
- TEL2110 - Network Design
- TEL2121 - Network Mgmt.
- TEL2321 - WANs
- TEL 2770 - Cellular radio and PCS
- TEL2721 - Mobile Data Networks
SAIS Track Core (12 Credits)
- IS2150/TEL2810 - Introduction to Computer Security
- IS2170/TEL2820 - Cryptography
- TEL2821 - Network Security
- IS2190/TEL2830 - Capstone Course in Security
SAIS Track Electives (3 Credits)
- TEL2825 - Infra. Protection
- TEL2771 - Security in E-Commerce
- IS2820/TEL2813 - Security Management
- TEL2829 - Adv. Cryptography
Upon completion of a SAIS track, students will given certificates for CNSS standards 4011, 4012, and 4013. If a student has taken IS2820/TEL2813: Security Management to fulfill the elective requirement, the certificates for CNSS 4014 and 4015 will also be provided.
No provision is currently made for giving out separate certificates for each standard.