Concentration in Information Assurance

IA concentration for graduates: The Information Assurance (IA) concentration focuses on the planning, deployment, and management of security technologies to achieve information assurance. Students interested in Information Assurance are encouraged to declare a formal concentration by contacting the MS in MIS Program Director. For an Information Assurance concentration, the 12 required credit hours of electives must include the following:

Required Courses

• ISQA 8560 - Information Warfare and Security
• ISQA 8570 - Information Security, Policy, and Ethics

Electives (Must select two courses from the following list)

• ISQA 8530 - E-Commerce Security
• ISQA 8546 - Computer Security Management
• ISQA 8580 – Security Risk Management and Assessment
• ISQA 8080 - Seminar in Management Information Systems (Topic MUST be related to Information Assurance. Prior approval from the Graduate Program Committee is required to use this course in the concentration.)
• ISQA 8990 - Thesis (Research MUST be related to Information Assurance. Approval from the Graduate Program Committee is required to use this course in the concentration. Only three hours of thesis credit may be applied to the concentration.)