Information Security, MSIS

Business, Technology, and Leadership Division Foundations Courses: 0-6 credit hours

Students entering a degree program in the Graduate School BTL Division without a bachelor’s degree in business or accounting from an ACBSP, AACSB, or IACBE candidate or accredited institution AND who do not have a minimum of five (5) years of professional experience in the field of study they enter at Friends will be required to take courses in BTL Foundations in order to proceed with studies in their chosen graduate business program.

Students entering a degree program in the Graduate School BTL Division with a bachelor’s degree in business or accounting from an institution without secondary business accreditation or candidacy AND who do not have a minimum of three (3) years of professional experience in the field of study they enter at Friends will be required to take courses in BTL Foundations in order to proceed with studies in their chosen graduate business program.

All BTL division students required to take the foundation course must do so within the first 12 hours of their program requirements.

• BSAD 500 - Foundations of Business, Technology, and Leadership
• BSAD 501 - Foundations of Accounting and Finance

Core Requirements: 28 credit hours

• CYBR 500 - Fundamentals of Cyber Security
• CYBR 506 - Information Assurance, Compliance & Cyber Law
• CYBR 510 - Network and Systems Security Administration
• CYBR 515 - Network Security Engineering
• CYBR 521 - Information Systems Security Engineering
• CYBR 550 - Human Factors in Cyber Security
• MIS 575 - IT Audit and Controls
• CYBR 600 - Incident Handling & Response
• CYBR 690 - Cyber Security Capstone

Elective Requirements: 3 credit hours

Choose one course from the following:

• CYBR 525 - Secure Mobile Technology and Telecommunications
• CYBR 536 - Virtualization & Secure Cloud Computing
• CYBR 605 - Digital Forensics Investigations
• CYBR 610 - Software Reverse Engineering for Cyber Security
• CYBR 615 - Penetration Testing & Ethical Hacking
• CYBR 692 - Cyber Security Guided Research

Total Degree Requirements: 31-37 credit hours

Combined BS and MMIS/MSIS

This combined degree program is intended to provide academically talented students an opportunity to complete a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems (CIS) and Master of Management Information Systems (MMIS) or Master of Science in Information Security (MSIS) in a shorter period of time. The program allows students to obtain dual credit, thus reducing the time it would normally take to graduate. The combined degree program reduces the cost of both degrees and enhances student’s marketability for career advancement.

Students must meet all MMIS/MSIS Admissions requirements.

Once students have been accepted into the combined BS & MMIS degree program, the students will have the ability to concurrently enroll in the following three 3-credit Masters level courses to complete their bachelor’s degree:

• MIS 510 Management Information Systems - 3 credit hours or MIS 550 Data Communications and Networking - 3 credit hours
• MIS 525 Research Methods in MIS - 3 credit hours
• MIS 575 IT Audit and Control or MIS 535 Network Security - 3 credit hours

NOTE:  Graduate level courses will not be considered as substitutions for undergraduate CIS program courses.  Undergraduate students must successfully complete all of the required major coursework in the CIS program to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems.

Upon successful completion, these three 3-credit Master’s level courses will be substituted for the student’s final three 3-credit hour undergraduate level elective courses, thus completing the student’s undergraduate degree requirements.

Course credit earned will be transcripted at the academic level at which the course is taken.

If the student does not continue on to graduate school, the coursework taken will still satisfy undergraduate degree requirements.

Please consult the Program Director or Academic Advising for further information on this program.