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Jan 13, 2025
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2019-2020 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog [Archived Catalog]
Information and Network Security
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This 15-credit Graduate Certificate in Information & Network Security is designed to address the needs of professionals who hold a baccalaureate degree in Information Science or a related field in order to expland thier professional skills and qualifications in cybersecurity.
The University of Pittsburgh’s School of Computing and Information is widely recognized for our excellence in cybersecurity research and education. Since 2004 when we were first designated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAE-IAE) to our recent top ten ranking out of more than 400 institutions of higher education, our school has been at the forefront of emerging trends in the Cybersecurity field.
Students in the Graduate Certificate in Information and Network Security program must:
- complete the two core courses with a grade of B- or better
- complete three of the elective courses with a grade of C or better.
Course work must be completed within a period of four calendar years from the student’s initial registration in the graduate certificate program.
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Required Core Courses
Students must complete the two following courses with a grade of B- or better:
Elective Courses
Students must complete three elective courses with a grade of C or better. A list of recommended elective courses is provided below. With advisor approval, students may choose an alternate elective.
Admissions Requirements
The following are requirements and prerequisites for admission to the certificate program.
All applicants must submit:
- Official transcript
- Two letters of recommendation that attest to the applicant’s aptitude and motivation to pursue studies at a level beyond the bachelor’s or master’s degree
- Personal statement
- Resume
Applicants must have successfully completed at least one three-credit college course with a grade of B or better in each of the following:
- Structured programming language. A course on structured programming using Java, C# or C++ is required. Either INFSCI 0017 - FUNDAMENTALS OF OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING or CS 0401 - INTERMEDIATE PROGRAMMING USING JAVA is recommended to meet this requirement.
- Statistics. A course covering data collection, descriptive and inferential statistics is optimal. It should cover measures of central tendency and variability, regression, correlation, non-parametric analysis, probability and sampling, Bayesian analysis, significance tests, and hypothesis testing. Either STAT 0200 - BASIC APPLIED STATISTICS or STAT 1000 - APPLIED STATISTICAL METHODS is recommended to meet this requirement.
- Mathematics. A college-level mathematics course, in discrete mathematics or calculus, is required. Any of the following Pitt courses are recommended to meet the requirement: MATH 0120 - BUSINESS CALCULUS , MATH 0220 - ANALYTIC GEOMETRY AND CALCULUS 1 , or MATH 0400 - FINITE MATHEMATICS .
15-Credit Post-Bachelor’s Certificates
A BS/BE degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Computer or Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or a related field with a scholastic average of a B (3.0 on a 4.0 scale) or better.
15-Credit Post-Master’s Certificates
An MS degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Science, Telecommunications, Computer or Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or a related field with a scholastic average of a B (3.0 on a 4.0 scale) or better.
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