Information Assurance Graduation Checklist
 
Core Requirements (6 credits)
_____ INFAS 531 Computer Security (3 credits) -- Fall
_____ INFAS 534 Ethical and Legal Issues in Computer Security (3 credits)   -- Spring
Note: Students need to know some basic programming (e.g., C, C++) in many core, supplemental, and elective courses.  Therefore, they are strongly encouraged to take the following courses BEFORE they start the program:
_____ Com S 207  Programming I (strongly recommended)
_____ Com S 208  Programming II (recommended)
Students are also recommended to take MIS 535 Data Telecommunication or INFAS 530 Advanced Computer Networking before taking Cpr E 531.  

Supplemental Core Requirements (9 credits)
Two of the following (6 credits):
_____ INFAS 530 Advanced Computer Networking (3 credits, strongly recommended)  
_____ MIS 538  Business Processes and Systems (3 credits)
_____ INFAS 533 Cryptography (3 credits)
One of the following (3 credits):
_____ Pol S 487X Cyber-politics (3 Credits)
_____ Pol S 536X Managing IT in the Public Sector (3 credits)

Creative Component / Thesis (3 / 6 credits)
One of the following (3 or 6 credits):
_____ Pol S 599 Creative component (3 credits)
_____ Pol S 699 Thesis (6 credits)

Elective Requirements
(12 credits if a student writes a thesis, 15 credits if a student does a creative component project.)
Students with Public IT Management Focus:
_____ INFAS 532  Information Warfare (highly recommended)
_____ Pol S 536X  Managing IT in the Public Sector (highly recommended)
_____ Pol S 533X  E-Government and Information Policy (highly recommended)
_____ Pol S 571     Organizational Theory
_____ Pol S 575     Management in the Public Sector
_____ Pol S 586     Science, Technology, and Public Policy
_____ Pol S 580     Ethics and Public Policy
_____ MIS 535      Data Telecommunication
_____ MIS 533      Data Management for Decision Makers
_____ MIS 534      Electronic Commerce
_____ CprE 537     Wireless Network Security
_____ CprE 592     Steganography and Watermarking

Students with Cyber-Policies / International Affairs Focus:
_____ Pol S 453  International Organization
_____ Pol S 504  Proseminar in International Politics
_____ Pol S 552  Comparative Foreign Policy
_____ Pol S 559  International Relations Theory
_____ Pol S 581   International Political Economy
_____ Pol S 590   Special Topic
_____ Pol S 581   International Political Economy
_____ Pol S 590E Special Topics
_____ Pol S 610E Graduate Seminar in International Relations