Security Track 2019

Objectives

The track is designed to prepare students to become computer scientists who:

• understand the importance of and are capable of designing and developing secure software,
• are familiar with the societal impact of insecure software and related infrastructure, and
• are familiar with and can use techniques for testing and assessing systems for secure operation.

 

All CS core courses, all track requirements, and their pre-requisites, regardless of department, must be completed with a grade of C or better.

Required Courses (3)

Course	Title
CS 35400	Operating Systems
CS 35500	Introduction to Cryptography
CS 42600	Computer Security

 

Electives (3)

Course	Title
CS 30700 or CS 40800	Software Engineering I   Software Testing
CS 34800 or CS 44800 or CS 47300	Information Systems   Introduction to Relational Database Systems   Web Information Search and Management
CS 35200	Compilers: Principles and Practice
CS 35300 or CS 45600	Principles Of Concurrency And Parallelism   Programming Languages
CS 37300  or CS 47100	Data Mining and Machine Learning   Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
CS 38100	Introduction to the Analysis of Algorithms
CS 42200	Computer Networks
CS 48900 or CS 49000-DSO	Embedded Systems   Distributed Systems
CS 49000-SWS	Software Security

Note: When an A or B choice is listed, only one of A and B can be used to satisfy the elective requirement.