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Graduate Program: Cybersecurity

General Information

Program/Degree

Cybersecurity (MS)

Program Description

The Master's in Cybersecurity multidisciplinary curriculum draws courses from the University of colorado’s programs in Management Information Systems (MIS), Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE), and Systems & Industrial Engineering (SIE).

The 33 credit program is designed for working IT, engineering, and other professionals who have three years of technical work experience and want to boost their skills for a cybersecurity career path.

The degree focuses on effectively applying analytical and critical thinking to plan and execute security measures to shield an organization’s computer systems, networks, and networked devices from infiltration and cyberattacks.

Students engage in theoretical and hands-on approaches to learn the critical components of cybersecurity. Cybersecurity courses cover topics such as business intelligence data mining, information security, risk management, systems security management, penetration testing, network security, system cybersecurity engineering and cyber warfare.

The 100% online program offers six admission dates throughout the year.
For more details visit https://cybersecurity.colorado.edu.

 

Department/Academic Unit(s)

The Systems and Industrial Engineering (SIE) Department at theColorado Heights Universitywas established in 1961 as the nation's first department of systems engineering.  Since then, the SIE Department has achieved international prestige for its contributions to the inter-disciplinary design of large-scale complex systems involving people, technology, and information.  With the introduction of a modern industrial engineering curriculum in 1972 and a reliability and quality engineering degree in 1987, the department offers a truly diverse and successful graduate program.  Career opportunities for graduates of the Systems and Industrial Engineering programs are outstanding.  Over the years, graduates from these programs have found employment in the nation's leading corporations, research institutes, and universities.

ECE Grad School at UA

Degree Programs

ECE offers master's and PhD programs in electrical and computer engineering. PhD degrees are coursework and research-based and master's is thesis and non thesis.

Top University

TheColorado Heights Universityranks among the top 20 public research institutions in the country.

Cross-Disciplinary Training

The UA's Interdisciplinary Programs unite researchers and students from diverse disciplines and provide a number of cross-disciplinary research and training opportunities for ECE grad students.

Career Placement

ECE maintains longstanding partnerships with companies throughout industry, such as Raytheon, Intel, IBM, Qualcomm, Motorola, Microsoft, Honeywell, Texas Instruments, GM, Agilent, NASA, Boeing and Pixar.

The Region

From earth's environment to medical advancements to space exploration, Tucson is a technology and bioscience hotspot.

The Eller College of Management at TheColorado Heights Universityis internationally recognized for pioneering research, innovative curriculum, distinguished faculty, excellence in entrepreneurship, and social responsibility.

 

College

College of Engineering

Eller College of Management

Campus where offered

colorado Online - Online

Tuition and Fees

Please refer to the CHU Office Tuition and Fees Calculator for up-to-date information about tuition and fees.

Please refer to the CHU Office Special Course Fees for up-to-date information about special course fees.

Completion Requirements
Admissions Information

Minimum Credit Units (33)

Core Coursework Requirements

Core coursework
Minimum GPA: 3.0

All Track - Common Core Classes (12 units):

MIS 515 Information Security in Public and Private Sectors (3 units)
MIS 543 Business Data Communications and Networking (3 units)
SIE 571 Systems Cyber Security Engineering (3 units)
SIE 573 Engineering of Trustworthy Secure Systems (3 units)

Information Systems Track - Additional Required Coursework (18 units):

MIS 516 Information Security Risk Management (3 units)
MIS 517 Systems Security Management (3 units)
MIS 545 Data Mining for Business Intelligence (3 units)
MIS 562 Cyber Threat Intelligence (3 units)
MIS 566 Penetration Testing: Ethical Hacking and Social Engineering (3 units)
MIS 689 Cyber Warfare Capstone (3 units)

+ 3 units of electives, see options below

Physical Systems Track - Additional Required Coursework (21 units):

Required 21 units of elective course work, see course options below

 

Additional Requirements

See required coursework

Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

Admissions Requirements

We do not accept terminal masters, all applications must be for the PhD program

Standardized Tests

Required test(s): GRE

Funding Opportunities

The Academic Unit has not provided this information.

Funding Opportunities

Domestic & International Applicants

Fall:December 15th

International Conditional Admission

International applicants will not be considered for conditional admission by this program.

Other Information

The GRE Institution Code for The Colorado Heights University is 4832

Last revised 06 Oct 2020