Information and Network Security, Graduate Certificate

Required Core Courses

Students must complete the two following courses with a grade of B- or better:

• INFSCI 2150 - INFORMATION SECURITY AND PRIVACY
• TELCOM 2821 - NETWORK SECURITY

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.

• INFSCI 2170 - CRYPTOGRAPHY
• TELCOM 2820 - CRYPTOGRAPHY
• INFSCI 2560 - NETWORK AND WEB DATA TECHNOLOGIES
• INFSCI 2620 - DEVELOPING SECURE SYSTEMS
• INFSCI 2621 - SECURITY MANAGEMENT AND COMPUTER FORENSICS
• TELCOM 2813 - SECURITY MANAGEMENT AND COMPUTER FORENSICS
• TELCOM 2120 - NETWORK PERFORMANCE
• TELCOM 2700 - INTRODUCTION TO WIRELESS NETWORKS

Admissions Requirements

The following are requirements and prerequisites for admission to the certificate program.

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.

Pre-requisite coursework

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.  CMPINF 0401 INTERMEDIATE PROGRAMMING  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 .

Required application documents

In addition to the online application, applicants must provide official transcripts for previous coursework.