Security Track - Prior to Fall 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.

Required Courses

All track requirements, regardless of department, must be completed with a grade of C or higher.

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

Security Track Pre-requisite Flowchart (PDF)

 

Electives

Select three from the following:

Course	Title
CS 30700	Software Engineering I
CS 34800	Information Systems
CS 35200	Compilers: Principles and Practice
CS 35300	Principles Of Concurrency And Parallelism
CS 37300	Data Mining and Machine Learning
CS 38100	Introduction to the Analysis of Algorithms
CS 40800	Software Testing
CS 42200	Computer Networks
CS 44800	Introduction to Relational Database Systems
CS 45600	Programming Languages
CS 48900	Embedded Systems
CS 49000-DS0	Distributed Systems
CS 49000-SWS	Software Security