NUCIA offers courses that combine IA concepts and theory with practical application to provide a "well rounded" approach to learning. Many courses offer supplemental labs that uncouple material taught in class and reapply it to practical problems in the STEAL labs. Each course investigates multiple domains of IA. From IA policy to physical security and everything between, students graduating with degrees or concentrations in IA acquire a broad base of theory and know-how.

Now offering a Bachelors in Science in Information Assurance, NUCIA has founded one of the first IA degree granting programs in the nation. Concentrations in Information Assurance are also available to Computer Science and Management Information Systems undergraduates and graduate students as well.