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Education

The educational functions of C-SAIT include professional and continuing education, undergraduate and graduate education, and outreach activities. Within FSU, it coordinates graduate and undergraduate security and information assurance curriculum development, including theory and practice. The curriculum provides a strong foundation in security principles.

MS in Computer Science, Cybersecurity Major

Courses for Cybersecurity Major

CIS 5370 Computer Security
CIS 5371 Cryptography
CIS 5627 Offensive Computer Security
CAP 5137 Software Reverse Engineering and Malware Analysis
CNT 5412 Network Security, Active and Passive Defenses
CNT 5505 Data and Computer Communications
CNT 5605 Computer Systems and Network Administration

Plus three graduate courses with at most one from Departments other than Computer Science.

Cybersecurity students must complete the following undergraduate prerequisites for this major.

CDA 3100 Computer Organization I
COP 4530 Data Structures, Algorithms, and Generic Programming II
COP 4610 Operating Systems and Concurrent Programming
COT 4420 Theory of Computation
COP 4521 Secure Parallel and Distributed Computing with Python
CIS 4360 Introduction to Computer Security

Undergraduate level courses supporting Cybersecurity

CDA 3100 Computer Organization I
CIS 4360 Introduction to Computer Security
CNT 4406 Network Security and Cryptography
COP 4710 Theory and Structures of Databases
CNT 4504 Introduction to Computer Networks
COP 4521 Secure Parallel and Distributed Computing with Python
COP 4530 Data Structures, Algorithms, and Generic Programming II
CNT 4603 Computer and Network System Administration
COP 4610 Operating Systems and Concurrent Programming
COT 4420 Theory of Computation
CIS 4930 Introduction to Cryptograhy