Information Technology Security, MITS

Degree requirements

Students are required to complete eight required courses and either a capstone research project or two elective courses for a total of 30 credits. Students must also successfully complete the non-credit MITS 5900G - MITS Seminar  course. Approximate time for program completion, based on full-time status, is 12 months.

Course listing

• MITS 5100G - Law & Ethics of IT Security
• MITS 5200G - Advanced Communication Networks
• MITS 5300G - Operating Systems Security
• MITS 5400G - Secure Software Systems
• MITS 5500G - Cryptography and Secure Communications
• MITS 5600G - Security Policies and Risk Management
• MITS 6100G - Attack and Defence
• MITS 6400G - Biometrics/Access Control and Smart Card Technology
• MITS 5900G - MITS Seminar *
• MITS 6300G - IT Security Capstone Research Project I **
• MITS 6600G - IT Security Capstone Research Project II **

Note:

* MITS 5900G - MITS Seminar  continues in the second semester and concludes in third semester.

**Students must either take both Capstone Research Project I  and II  courses, or two elective courses in their places. They cannot take one capstone course and one elective course. Students may take relevant 5000- or 6000-level courses in Information Technology, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering or Health Informatics as electives. The choice of elective courses must be approved by the graduate program director for the MITS program prior to course registration.