Cybersecurity, PhD (Boston)

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Foundations

• CY 5240 — Cyberlaw: Privacy, Ethics, and Digital Rights
• One of:
  • CY 5770 — Software Vulnerabilities and Security
  • EECE 5641 — Introduction to Software Security
• One of:
  • CY 6740 — Network Security
  • EECE 5699 — Computer Hardware and System Security

Tracks

From the catalog

Select at least two courses from one track:

• Choose 8 semester hours from:
  • Hardware Security
    • CS 6410 — Compilers
    • EECE 5666 — Digital Signal Processing
    • EECE 7352 — Computer Architecture
    • EECE 7364 — Mobile and Wireless Networking
    • EECE 7390 — Computer Hardware Security
  • Machine Learning
    • CS 6140 — Machine Learning
    • CS 7150 — Deep Learning
    • EECE 5644 — Introduction to Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition
    • EECE 7397 — Advanced Machine Learning
  • Network Security
    • CS 5700 — Fundamentals of Computer Networking
    • CS 7610 — Foundations of Distributed Systems
    • CS 7775 — Seminar in Computer Security
    • CY 5130 — Computer System Security
    • CY 6740 — Network Security
    • EECE 5155 — Wireless Sensor Networks and the Internet of Things
    • EECE 5576 — Wireless Communication Systems
    • EECE 7336 — Digital Communications
    • EECE 7364 — Mobile and Wireless Networking
    • EECE 7374 — Fundamentals of Computer Networks
  • Systems Security
    • CS 6410 — Compilers
    • CS 7610 — Foundations of Distributed Systems
    • CY 5130 — Computer System Security
    • CY 6740 — Network Security
    • CY 6760 — Wireless and Mobile Systems Security
    • EECE 7352 — Computer Architecture
  • Theory
    • CS 7800 — Advanced Algorithms
    • CS 7805 — Complexity Theory
    • CS 7810 — Foundations of Cryptography
    • CS 7870 — Seminar in Theoretical Computer Science
    • EECE 7337 — Information Theory
  • Usable Security and Privacy
    • CS 6350 — Empirical Research Methods
    • CS 6760 — Privacy, Security, and Usability
    • CS 7340 — Theory and Methods in Human Computer Interaction
    • INSH 6300 — Research Methods in the Social Sciences
    • INSH 6500 — Statistical Analysis
    • INSH 7400 — Quantitative Analysis
  • Cybersecurity Policy
    • CRIM 6200 — Criminology
    • CRIM 6262 — Evidence-Based Crime Policy
    • CY 5200 — Security Risk Management and Assessment
    • CY 5210 — Information System Forensics
    • CY 5250 — Decision Making for Critical Infrastructure
    • POLS 7341 — Security and Resilience Policy

Electives

28 semester hours.

From the catalog

Selected in consultation with advisor from graduate-level CS and ECE courses and graduate-level courses offered by the College of Social Sciences and Humanities, including CRIM, CS, CY, DS, EECE, INSH, MATH and POLS.

Dissertation

From the catalog

Complete the following (repeatable) course until graduation:

• One of:
  • CY 9990 — Dissertation Term 1
  • CY 9991 — Dissertation Term 2
  • CY 9996 — Dissertation Continuation

GPA requirements

• 48 total semester hours required Minimum 3.000 GPA required

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