Dual Degree Program

Dual Degree Program

M.S. in Business Analytics and Information Management + M.S. in Cybersecurity Dual Degree Program

Become a cybersecurity and IT expert.

This program combines two successful programs within the University of Delaware, the Lerner College’s M.S. in business analytics and information management (BAIM) program and the College of Engineering’s M.S. in cybersecurity.

As a student in this dual degree program, you will build skills that are critical to the successful implementation and management of both cybersecurity and IT in government and business.

Program Requirements

The dual degree program requires 48 credits.

BAIM Core Courses (15 credits)

  • MISY 604 – Database Design and Implementation
  • MISY 606 – Object-oriented Systems Analysis, Design and Implementation
  • MISY 610 – Telecommunications and Networking
  • MISY 650 – Security and Control
  • MISY 605 – Current Issues in MIS

Cybersecurity Core Courses (15 credits) Choose 5 from:

  • CPEG 665 – Introduction to Cybersecurity
  • CPEG 697 – Advanced Cybersecurity
  • CPEG 694 – System Hardening and Protection
  • CPEG 695 – Digital Forensics
  • CPEG 676 – Secure Software Design
  • CPEG 671 – Pen Test and Reverse Engineering
  • CPEG 672 – Applied Cryptography

Advanced Electives (18 credits)

BAIM course; choose 1:
MISY 673 – Information Technology and Organizational Effectiveness
MISY 640 – Project Management and Costing
MISY 630 – Business Intelligence and AnalyticsChoose 3 cybersecurity courses from one of the areas of concentration below, plus 2 additional courses from any of the areas:Secure Software:

  • CPEG 670 – Web Applications Security
  • CISC 621 – Algorithm Design and Analysis
  • CISC 663 – Operating Systems
  • CISC 672 – Compiler Construction or CPEG621 Compiler Design
  • CISC 675 – Software Engineering Principles and Practices
  • CISC/CPEG 611 – Software Process Management
  • CISC/CPEG 612 – Software Design
  • CISC/CPEG 613 – Software Requirements Engineering
  • CISC/CPEG 614 – Formal Methods in Software Engineering
  • CISC/CPEG 615 – Software Testing and Maintenance
  • CPEG 676 – Secure Software Design

Secure Systems:

  • ELEG 635 – Digital Communication
  • ELEG 658 – Advanced Mobile Services
  • ELEG 617 – The Smart Grid
  • CPEG 696 – Topics in Cybersecurity
  • ELEG 812 – Wireless Digital Communications
  • CPEG 675 – Embedded Computer Systems
  • CISC/CPEG 651 – Data Compression in Multimedia
  • CISC 853 – Network Management
  • CPEG 673 – Cloud Computing and Security
  • CISC 866 – Special Problem
  • CPEG 674 – SCADA Systems and Security
  • CPEG 853 – Computer System Reliability

Security Analytics:

  • ELEG/FSAN 815 – Analytics I: Statistical Learning
  • ELEG/FSAN 817 – Large Scale Machine Learning
  • CISC 683 – Introduction to Data Mining
  • CISC 637 – Database Systems
  • CPEG 657 – Search and Data Mining
  • CISC 681 – Artificial Intelligence
  • CISC 684 – Introduction to Machine Learning
  • CISC 689 – Topics: Artificial Intelligence
  • ELEG 630 – Information Theory