Security and Privacy Masters


Program Director
Susanne Wetzel

Security is one of the most important concerns in information technology today, and security experts are in high demand. Become an expert in computer and network security. This 10-course, online, instructor-led Master's degree helps you respond to the increasingly serious demands posed by private-sector and government computers and networks. Acquire basic knowledge of programming languages, computer architecture, operating systems, data structures, and algorithms. Learn how to react to immediate and long-range security attacks. These ten courses cover fundamentals, mathematical foundations, cryptography, and essential models, protocols, and techniques for cybersecurity. Discover the principal ingredients for authenticity, confidentiality, message integrity, and non-repudiation. Introduces security protocols, various attacks and defenses against them. Emphasizes information security phases of inspection, protection, detection, reaction, and reflection.

General Information
Credits 3 Credits Per Course/10 Courses for Master's
Tuition per credit $1100 per credit
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Stevens Institute of Technology
Castle Point on the Hudson
Hoboken, NJ 07030
United States of America

A Master's degree from Stevens' Arthur E. Imperatore School of Sciences & Arts available online. Co-sponsored by AACEI, ACM, AIChE, ASCE, IEEE, NECA, NSPE, SNAME and WSTA.

If you're a professional with a bachelor's degree, you can earn a masters degree in an outstanding online Computer Science program with a Concentration in Security and Privacy delivered by the same superior faculty who teach in conventional settings. You receive the finest professional education using rich Internet features -- threaded discussions, chat, bulletin boards, e-mail, file sharing, whiteboards, and workgroups for in-depth participation. You also have online library privileges, with instant search and retrieval of important databases. Courses are taught using the most widely adopted distance learning web system.


Course #Course NameInstructor (s)Semester
CS/MA503Discrete Mathematics of CryptographyCharles SuffelSpring I-2010
CS/SOC594E-business Security and Information AssuranceTBATBA
CS510Principles of Programming LanguagesTBATBA
CS520Introduction to Operating SystemsAppajosyula SatyanarayanaFall-2009, Spring I-2010
CS573Fundamentals of CyberSecurityManu Malek, Farid HomayounmehrSpring I-2010
CS578 or SOC551Privacy in a Networked WorldSusanne WetzelTBA
CS579Foundations of CryptographySusanne WetzelTBA
CS600Advanced Algorithm Design and ImplementationTBATBA
CS693Cryptographic ProtocolsTBATBA

I encourage all who seek formal education to take online courses from Stevens Institute of Technology. It is not for the inactive participant who seeks only to soak up the knowledge. The courses challenge you to step up and contribute effectively."
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