Dec 22, 2024

2019-2020 Graduate Academic Calendar

2019-2020 Graduate Academic Calendar [ARCHIVED CALENDAR]

Information Technology Security, MITS

Degree requirements for the Master of Information Technology Security (MITS) program are listed below. For general program information, admission requirements, graduate faculty lists and/or details on part-time options, see Information Technology Security .

Degree requirements

Students are required to complete eight core courses, a non-credit seminar course, and either a capstone research project I/II, an internship, or two elective courses for a total of 30 credits. Students must also successfully complete the non-credit MITS 5900G - MITS Seminar course. The standard time for program completion is 24 months, based on full-time status. Students may be able to complete program requirements in 12 to 24 months, depending on course availability.

Course listing

Note:

*Students have the following options:

Take both Capstone Research Project I and II courses, or
Take two elective courses, or
Take MITS Internship

Students 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.

** The MITS internship course (MITS 7000G ) must be at least 12 weeks full time or 420 hours in length and replaces MITS 6300G /MITS 6600G , subject to internship position availability. Internships are arranged through the Faculty of Business and Information Technology internship and capstone coordinator and must be approved by the graduate program director.