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Master of Science in Information Assurance

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The program will
--increase your knowledge about information infrastructure security,
--expand and develop your engineering abilities,
--nurture and instill the ethics involved in technology, and
--help you develop and understand strategy and policy issues.

The Master of Science in Information Assurance is a multidisciplinary program supported by six academic departments in three Iowa State colleges. The departments are computer science; electrical and computer engineering; industrial and manufacturing systems engineering; logistics, operations and management information systems; mathematics; and political science.

Faculty members work in Iowa State's Information Assurance Center to explore the problems of securing information in application areas ranging from software to networks to electronic democracy.

The graduate program is for those who have a bachelor of science in computer science, computer engineering, or a closely related field. The master's program is supported by six academic departments at Iowa State. The home department for distance learning is computer engineering. The master's program is 30 credits including 3 credits of creative component.

Certificate in Information Assurance
The program was launched in fall 2001. It is designed to meet the needs of information system security specialists in government, the private sector, and educational institutions.
The certificate is four computer engineering courses.

Program of Study
with computer engineering as the home department
Computer Engineering 537, Wireless Security
Computer Science 511, Design and Analysis of Algorithms
Computer Science 552, Principles of Operating Systems

*Information Assurance 530,
Advanced Protocols and Network Security
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Information Assurance 531, Information System Security
*Information Assurance 532, Information Warfare
*Information Assurance 533, Cryptography
Information Assurance 534, Ethical and Legal Issues in Information Assurance
Political Science 487,
Electronic Democracy
* graduate certificate courses

For more information contact
Doug Jacobson, Director
ISU Information Assurance Center
Electrical and Computer Engineering
2419 Coover Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-3060
(515) 294-8307 or (800) 854-1675
e-mail: dougj@iastate.edu
www.ede.iastate.edu/gradprograms.asp?gp=iam

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