In order to graduate with a M.S. degree with specialization in Information Assurance, a student must complete the following core, elective, and project requirements.

Core courses

CSE 508	Network Security	3 credits
CSE 509	Computer System Security	3 credits
CSE 6XX	CSE 669, 689, 608, 629, 635 or other 600-level course in IA	1 to 3 credits

Electives:

At least two of the following courses (6 credits)

CSE 506	Operating Systems
CSE515	Transaction Processing
CSE532	Advanced Database Systems
CSE533	Network Programming
CSE534	Fundamentals of Network
CSE608	Advanced Computer Security
CSE629	Wireless LANs and Applications
CSE635	Asynchronous Systems
AMS 570	Mathematical Statistics
EST 530	Internet Electronic Commerce
EST 582	Systems Approach to Human-Machine Systems
MGT 520	Ethics in Management
AMS 597	Statistical computing
MAT 516	Probability and Statistics
AMS 572	Data Analysis
AMS 623	Topics in Systems and Control Theory
MGT 553	Simulation and Modeling
MGT 550	Operations Research
ECO 604	Game Theory

Project Requirement

For non-thesis option, the student should do a project (CSE 523/524) in the area of information assurance. For thesis option, the student should do a thesis on an information assurance topic.