InfAs 530: Advanced Computer Networking.  3 credits.
Dr. Doug Jacobson, Electrical and Computer Engineering. Offered each fall semester.  Distance Education course.   Prerequisite:  CprE 489.  Recent class web page.   Additional Information.  
Detailed examination of networking standards, protocols, and their implementation.  TCP/IP protocol suite, network application protocols, IP routing. Also available as CprE 530.

InfAs 531: Computer System Security. 3 credits. 
Dr. Tom Daniels. Electrical and Computer Engineering.  Offered each fall semester.   Distance Education course.  Prerequisites: CprE 489 or CprE 530 or ComS 586 or MIS 535.  Recent class web page.   Additional Information
The goal of this course is to investigate a broad selection of contemporary issues in computer security, including an assessment of state-of-the-art technology used to address security problems. Specific topics include: sources for security threats and appropriate reactions; cryptographic techniques, including public and private key systems; trusted computer systems; mandatory and discretionary access control mechanisms; information models; authentication mechanisms; security “technology”: PGP, packet filtering, TCP wrappers, firewalls, etc.; computer viruses; and legal and ethical issues. Recent text: Bishop: “ Computer Security: Art and Science”. Also available as CprE 531.

InfAs 532: Information Warfare.  3 credits.
Dr. Doug Jacobson. Electrical and Computer Engineering.  Offered each spring semester.  Distance Education course.  Prerequisite:  CprE 531.  Recent class web page.   Additional Information
Computer system and network security implementation, configuration, testing of security software and hardware, network monitoring.  Authentication, firewalls, vulnerabilities, exploits, countermeasures.  Ethics in Information Assurance.  Emphasis on laboratory experiments. Also available as CprE 532.

InfAs 533: Cryptography.  3 credits.
Dr. Cliff Bergman. Department of Mathematics.  Offered each spring semester.  Distance Education course.  Recent class web page.    Additional Information
This course will cover the basic concepts of secure communication. Secret-key protocols such as DES and AES. Public-key cryptosystems such as RSA and El Gamal. Zero-knowledge proofs, key distribution, hash (a.k.a. message digest) algorithms, secret-sharing schemes.  The relevant number-theory will be covered in class. Also available as CprE 533 and as Math 533.

InfAs 534: Legal and Ethical Issues in Information Assurance.  3 credits.
Drs. Davis and Jacobson. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.  Offered each spring semester.  Prerequisite: CprE 531.  Recent class web page[Unavailable].   Additional Information
legal and ethical issues in computer security.  State and local codes and regulations.  Privacy issues. Also available as CprE 534.

CprE 536: Computer and Network Forenscis.  3 credits.   
Dr. Yong Guan.   Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.  Offered each fall semester. prerequisites: Credit or enrollment in CprE 308 and CprE 489.
Fundamentals of computer and network forensics, forensic duplication and analysis, network surveillance, intrusion detection and response, incident response, anonymity and pseudonymity, privacy-protection techniques, cyber law, computer security policies and guidelines, court testimony and report writing, and case studies. Emphasis on hands-on experiments.

CprE 537: Wireless network Security.  3 credits.   
Dr. Steve Russell.   Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.  Offered each spring semester. prerequisites: Credit or enrollment in CprE 489 or CprE 530. Recent class web page.  Additional Information
Introduction to the physical layer and special issues associated with security of the airlink interface.  Wireless networking, base stations, mobile stations, airlink access, jamming, spoofing, signal intercept, wireless LANs, wireless modems, cellular radiotelephones, optical links, signal modeling, propagation modeling.

InfAs 538: Leadership Training. 2 credits. 
Open only to members of the cyber corps scholarship program.

InfAs 592: Seminar in Information Assurance. 1-3 credits.
Projects or seminar in Information Assurance.

ComSci 454/554. Distributed and Network Operating Systems. 3 credits. (Same as Cpr E 554.) Offered in odd-numbered spring semesters.  Prereq: 311, 352, Engl 105, Sp Cm 212. Recent class web page. Laboratory course dealing with practical issues of design and implementation of distributed and network operating systems and distributed computing environments (DCE). The client server paradigm, inter-processes communications, layered communication protocols, synchronization and concurrency control, and distributed file systems. Graduate credit requires additional in-depth study of advanced operating systems. Written reports.

ComSci 586: Advanced Network Architectures. 3 credits.
Dr. Johnny Wong.   Department of Computer Science.  Offered each fall semester. Recent class web page.   Additional Information
Design and development of advanced computer communication networks: distributed and failsafe routing in large and dynamic networks, gateways and interconnection of heterogeneous networks, flow control and congestion avoidance techniques, network architectures, communication protocol standards, formal specification and verification of protocols, implementation and conformance testing of protocol standards, network partitioning and intelligent reconfiguration of networks.

ComSci 552: Principles of Operating Systems. 3 credits.
Dr. Johnny Wong.  Department of Computer Science.   Offered each spring semester. Recent class web page[Unavailable].   Additional Information
A comparative study of high-level language facilities for process synchronization and communication. Formal analysis of deadlock, concurrency control and recovery, and system performance. Protection issues including capability-based systems, access and flow control, encryption, and authentication.

ComSci 652. Topics in Distributed Operating Systems. 3 credits.
Offered in odd-numbered fall semesters. Prereq: 552. Recent class web page. Concepts and techniques for network operating systems: high-level languages and communication protocols, name and object management, concurrency control for consistent distributed data, design of reliable software, protection, performance analysis.

IE 581X:  E-Commerce Systems Engineering. 3 credits.
Dr. John Jackman    Offered  spring 2000.

MIS 533. Data Management for Decision Makers.  (3-0) Cr. 3. Prereq: 503 or equivalent. 
Department of Management Information Systems
The course will address the data needs of functions such as marketing, finance, production etc. The course will focus on teaching advanced data base management skills needed to design, develop and use database, data warehousing and data mining systems for effective decision support. Importance of contemporary technologies will be stressed.

MIS 534. Electronic Commerce.  (3-0) Cr. 3. Prereq: 503 or equivalent. 
Department of Management Information Systems
Overview of how modern communication technologies including the internet and world wide web have revolutionized the way we do business. It will provide a understanding of various internet technologies and how companies are using the internet for commercial purposes. The course will also explore future scenarios on the use of these technologies and their impact on various industries and the society.

MIS 535. Telecommunications Management.  (3-0) Cr. 3. Prereq: 503 or equivalent. 
Department of Management Information Systems
Issues involved in the management of telecommunications function. Overview of communications technology used in various business applications, local area network, wide area network, broad band network, wireless and voice networks. Internet technologies and protocols. Analyzing the strategic impact of these technologies on organizations. Strategic planning for telecommunications, including network planning and analysis.

MIS 538. Business Processes and Systems Development.  (3-0) Cr. 3. Prereq: 503 or equivalent.
Department of Management Information Systems 
Discusses the theory and techniques used to analyze information systems to support various business processes.  The course also discusses the theory and concepts related to business systems design such as data and process modeling, relational data base theory, database management, systems design, and developing technical specifications for a business system. A working prototype for a business application will be developed using popular software development packages.

Pol S 421: Constitutional Freedoms. 3 credits.
Department of Political Science.
This course teaches students about interpretations of the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment through an examination of leading cases in the U.S. Supreme Court. The course emphasizes such issues as religion, speech, privacy, due process, and equal protection. Nonmajor graduate credit.

Pol S 487: Electronic Democracy. 3 credits.
Department of Political Science.
Additional Information.  
The full title of this course is “Electronic Democracy: Cyber Politics and the Impact of Information Technology and the Internet on Politics and Policy”. This course introduces students to the impact of computers, the Internet, and the World Wide Web on politics and policy. Students will explore the positive and negative effects of information technology (IT) on selected topics such as freedom, power and control, privacy, civic participation, the sense of “community”, “virtual cities”, interest group behavior, the new media, campaigns, elections, and voting. Selected policy areas such 21st Century Cyber warfare, CyberTerrorism, the Digital Economy, planning and policy implementation, education, and “values” will also be examined. Nonmajor graduate credit.

Pol S 486/586 Science, Technology, and Public Policy. 3 credits
Department of Political Science.
This course examines the development of science and technology policy in the United States, including the historical evolution of the government’s role in science and technology, the dynamics of government-university-industry relations on technological advancement, and the impact of science and technology on global politics. Nonmajor graduate credit.