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2018-2019 Florida Tech Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Information Assurance and Cybersecurity, M.S.


Major Code: 8098 Degree Awarded: Master of Science
Delivery Mode(s): Classroom, Online Age Restriction: No
Admission Status: Graduate Location(s): Main Campus - Melbourne, Florida Tech Online
Admission Materials: transcript, GRE (General Test only)

The Master of Science in Information Assurance and Cybersecurity offers students with technical backgrounds the opportunity to pursue advanced studies in information assurance and cybersecurity. The program is designed for students with bachelor’s degrees in computer science, computer engineering or a related discipline, as well as professionals seeking to improve their skills.

Admission Requirements

Applicants must have earned a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution (or the international equivalent) with at least three semester credit hours of statistics and at least three semester credit hours of discrete mathematics. ln addition, applicants should have completed at least nine semester credit hours of computer programming coursework including three semester credit hours of data structures. GRE scores (General Test only) are required. The program chair may grant provisional admission to students with the stipulation that deficiencies are satisfied by the successful completion of coursework that provides background knowledge commensurate with the above admission requirements. 

Degree Requirements

The program requires a minimum of 33 credit hours of required and approved elective courses including 18 hours of required information assurance and cybersecurity courses, and 15 credit hours of graduate­-level elective courses. Elective courses include information assurance and cybersecurity (CYB) courses and approved computer science (CSE) or software engineering (SWE) courses. The selection of elective courses requires program chair approval. Thesis may be substituted for six elective credit hours. Students not completing a thesis must complete CYB 5998 Capstone Project in Information Assurance  that will count as three elective credits. 

Curriculum


Electives (15 credit hours)


Choice of elective requires program chair approval. Electives can be selected from CYB, CSE or SWE courses and must include either CYB 5998 Capstone Project in Information Assurance  or CYB 5999 Thesis 

Total Credits Required: 33