Information Security and Assurance Graduate Certificate

This graduate certificate program is intended for students interested in science and methods for ensuring secrecy, integrity, availability, and legitimate use of information systems. The certificate may be pursued concurrently with any of the graduate programs in the College of Engineering and Computing.

This graduate certificate may be pursued on a full-or part-time basis

Admissions

Applicants must hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution and have earned a GPA of 3.00 or higher in the last 60 credits.

Applicants must possess knowledge equivalent to that provided by the following courses:

Students must also possess the equivalent knowledge of CS 555 Computer Communications and Networking and CS 571 Operating Systems, or the prerequisite courses required for the selected electives. Students not enrolled in a graduate degree program at Mason should apply for the certificate program through Graduate Admission. Students already enrolled in a Mason graduate degree program should apply to the department for admission into the certificate program. Admission into the certificate program does not guarantee acceptance into any MS program.

Policies

For policies governing all graduate certificates, see AP.6.8 Requirements for Graduate Certificates.

Banner Code: EC-CERG-ISA

Certificate Requirements

Total credits: 12

This certificate may be pursued on a full-or part-time basis.

Students must complete 12 credit hours (four courses) with an average GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Required Courses

Additional Courses

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Excluding ISA 697 Topics in Information Security, ISA 796 Directed Readings in Information Security, ISA 797 Advanced Topics in Information Security, and ISA 798 Research Project.