Curriculum

The curriculum of the Kobe MSIT-IS has been designed to provide students with a core set of knowledge in security technology & management and a variety of technology and management electives to further enhance their knowledge of the information security. The program consists of 7 core courses and the equivalent of 4 semester-length elective courses, as well as one research-related security project, for a total of 144 units.

Core Course Requirements	60 units
Electives	48 units
Master's Project	36 units
TOTAL	144 units

Important notes on the Curriculum Requirements:

• Technical coursework (all courses numbered 14-xxx) requires proficiency in C or C++ and UNIX basics. If strong background problems exist, additional recitations may be performed by Teaching Assistants and co-instructors.

• Electives generally rotate from year to year. If an elective is not offered during a student's first year, it will likely be offered during the student's second year and vice versa

Core Courses – 60 units

14-740	Fundamentals of Telecommunication Networks	12 units
14-741	Intro to Information Security	12 units
95-750	Security Architecture & Analysis	12 units
95-756	Information Security Risk Analysis	6 units
95-757	Information Security Risk Policy and Management	6 units
95-760	Decision Making under Uncertainty	6 units
95-796	Statistics for IT Managers	6 units

Electives – 48 units

14-742	Security in Networked Systems	12 units
14-747	Predictable Professional Performance	12 units
14-761	Applied Information Assurance	12 units
14-810	Special Topics: Information Security Warfare	6 units
18-732	Secure Software Systems	12 units
18-733	Applied Cryptography	12 units
90-758	Ethics and Public Policy	6 units
95-703	Database Management	12 units
95-705	Telecommunications Management	12 units
95-710	Economic Analysis	6 units
95-728	Introduction to Electronic Commerce	6 units
95-835	Advanced Topics in Data Privacy	6 units

Master's Project

MSIT-IS Project

36 units

Total Program Units

144 units

Course Delivery in Kobe

Classes are conducted by the faculty of Carnegie Mellon University (some courses combine face-to-face lectures with live remote-teaching sessions) in English using the same materials employed at the Carnegie Mellon University. An English Help Desk is provided to make assistance to non-native English speaking students.

Some courses in the MSIT-IS program are taught from Carnegie Mellon to Kobe via distance learning technologies. Co-instructors and teaching assistants at CyLab Japan support the remote students. CyLab Japan faculty teach the remaining courses onsite in Kobe. All courses are evaluated according to Carnegie Mellon standards.

All lectures are given in English so as to offer Carnegie Mellon CyLab Japan students the same kind of educational environment enjoyed by the students at the U.S. Campus. Moreover, the students must conduct and submit projects and reports in English.

Although classes are conducted in English, CyLab Japan's bilingual faculty and assistant instructors ensure that students acquire expert knowledge more efficiently than by physically studying at the University's main campus in the U.S. The CyLab Japan Campus also offers dedicated courses designed to focus on the practical aspects of information security administration by reflecting the unique social system in Japan.

Course Delivery Technologies

Some MSIT-IS courses are delivered in real-time from Pittsburgh utilizing video teleconferencing (VTC) technologies. A smartboard is used an an electronic whiteboard, which allows annotations to be streamed in real-time to CyLab Japan and saved. The Blackboard course management system acts as a central interactive repository for all course materials ( i.e., online gradebook, asynchronous discussion forums and a virtual chat for synchronous exchange of information).

CyLab Japan Faculty

Faculty at Carnegie Mellon CyLab Japan include 1) faculty members in the U.S. who stay in Japan and give lectures; 2) faculty members in the U.S. who conduct both remote-teaching lectures from the U.S. and face-to-face lectures in Japan; and 3) faculty members who are hired by Hyogo Institute of Information Education Foundation to conduct lectures at the CyLab Japan Campus on a full-time basis.

Course Delivery in Pittsburgh

Classes are conducted directly by the faculty of Carnegie Mellon University. Projects (topic-based research scheduled for the 2010 Summer semester) are carried out individually or in small groups under the instruction of the faculty of Carnegie Mellon University.