Cyber Security Engineering (MS) at University of Southern California

The MS in Cyber Security Engineering is for graduate students seeking jobs requiring computer security skills, those planning doctoral study in information security, and professionals responsible for information security. Students learn to develop, engineer and operate secure information systems, with extensive laboratory work designed by information security practitioners.

Faculty: Viterbi School of Engineering  |  Duration: 28 units minimum  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States

What you will study

Required courses (16 units): CSCI 530 Security Systems, DSCI 519 Foundations and Policy for Information Security, DSCI 523 Computer Systems Assurance, DSCI 529 Security and Privacy. Students then take at least two of applied cryptography, innovation for defense applications, trusted system design, secure systems administration, computer forensics, biomedical data privacy or advanced digital forensics, plus 4 elective units and a 0-unit practicum.

Career pathways

Roles requiring computer security knowledge, administration of high-security environments, and doctoral study in information security.

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