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)

Cognitive Systems (6 Credits)

Systems & Technology - General (9 Credits)

Systems & Technology - SAIS Track (9 Credits)

SAIS Track Electives (6 Credits)

IA Elective Pool

One S&T Elective

Some of the recommended S&T Elective Courses are:

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)

Human Comm Mgmt/Policy (6 Credits)

Protocols and Design (6 Credits)

SAIS Track Core (12 Credits)

SAIS Track Electives (3 Credits)

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.