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 in the table below.

Requirements for SAIS track within MSIS degree

Foundations

(6 Credits)

Cognitive Systems

(6 Credits)

Systems and Technology

SAIS Track Electives

(6 Credits)

S&T General

(9 Credits)

SAIS track

(9 Credits)

IS2000

Intro to Information Science

 

IS2170/TEL2820

Cryptography

 

IS2300

Human Information Processing

 

IS2470

Interactive System Design

OR

IS2350

Human Factors in Systems

 

 

IS2550

Client Server

 

IS2710

Database Management System

 

IS2511

Advanced Analysis &

Design

OR

IS2540

Software Engineering

IS2150/TEL2810

Introduction to Computer Security

 

TEL2821

Network Security

 

IS2190/TEL2830

Capstone Course

in Security

 

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

*Note that the courses listed in the table 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.
 

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.