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2023-2024 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog 
    
 
  Oct 08, 2024
 
2023-2024 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Information Science, MSIS - Security Assured Information Systems Concentration


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The MSIS Degree Programs offers a number of Areas of Concentration, which are closely tied to career paths and academic areas of interest: Big Data Analytics, Database and Web Systems, Geoinformatics, Human Centered Computing, Information Security, and Telecommunications and Distributed Systems.

Note that students are not required to select an Area of Concentration; however, if an Area of Concentration is chosen, students will follow a more stringent Plan of Study specific to the chosen Area of Concentration. As well, some Areas of Concentration have additional pre-requisites; therefore, students may need to complete courses above and beyond the standard 36 credit requirement.

Areas of Concentration may be selected, or changed, until the end of the term in which 18 credits will be completed.

If the Security Assured Information Systems Area of Concentration is selected, students will follow the curriculum outlined in the following sections.

Information Security Required Courses


Students in the Information Security specialization must take the following three required courses:

Information Security Electives


Students in the Information Security specialization must take 2 electives from the following list:

Additional Approved Electives


Students may select two courses from the department’s standard graduate course offerings, including independent study and practicum experiences.

Students may also pursue opportunities that fall outside of the department’s standard graduate course offerings such as the Pittsburgh Council on Higher Education cross-registration, doctoral seminars, courses offered in other Pitt graduate departments, or undergraduate upper-level coursework in information science or computer science (1100-1999). These opportunities may not exceed six credits and require advisor approval prior to enrollment.

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