Information Assurance Program Requirements General Requirements
  1. A minimum of 79 credit hours must be taken including:
    1. Twenty-four (24) credit hours of required CSCI courses
    2. Twenty-four (24) credit hours of required Information Assurance course
    3. Six (6) hours of Information Assurance Electives
  2. Thirteen (13) hours of co-requisite Mathematics courses
  3. Twelve (12) hours of co-requisite Criminal Justice, Sociology, & Database Management courses
Required CSCI Courses
CIST 1400 Introduction to Computer Programming
CSCI 1620 Introduction to Computer Science II
CSCI 1840 Advanced Topics in 'C'
CSCI 3320 Data Structures
CSCI 3550 Communicaiton Networks
CSCI 3710 Introduction to Computer Organization and Architecture
CSCI 4350 Computer Architecture
CSCI 4500 Operating Systems
Information Assurance Core Courses
CIST/IASC 3600 Information Secuirty and Policy
CIST/IASC 3570* Cryptography
CIST/IASC 3350 Technical Systems Administration
CIST/IASC 3370 Secure Systems Administration
CIST/IASC 4360 Foundations of Informaiton Assurance and Lab
CSCI/IASC 4380 Computer Forensics
CIST/IASC 4540 Computer Security Management
IASC 4580* Certification & Accreditation of Secure Systems

IASC- New course descriptor to be implemented
*New courses to be implemented

Co-Requisite Mathematics Courses
MATH 1950 Calculus I
MATH 1960 Calculus II
MATH 2030 Discrete Mathematics
Information Assurance Required Electives
CSCI 4220 Programming Languages
CSCI 4560 Number Theory & Cryptography
CSCI 4830 Introduction to Software Engineering
CSCI 4900 Internet Systems Development, Internship, Special Topics or Independent Study
Or other courses as approved by the Undergraduate Program Committee (UPC).
Co-Requisite Criminal Justice and Managemtn Information Systems Courses
ISQA 3310 or CSCI 4850 Managing the Database Environment
CJUS 1010 Survey of Criminal Justice
SOC 4130 Sociology of Deviant Behavior
CJUS 3510 Criminal Procedure OR
CJUS 4780 White Collar Crime