MSISPM Course Information

Course Electives

Through our diverse electives, you can modify your curriculum to suit your needs and experience. Areas of domain expertise include the economics of risk management, privacy, and information assurance. Enhance your skills through a choice of 36 to 48 units of general electives or 30 units of security electives.

Security Electives (30 units):

The best part of the MSISPM program? It attracts faculty from across the university and industry to offer a rich set of courses to boost your learning potential. Choose from the security electives below, and/or from among those offered by the School of Computer Science, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Software Engineering Institute, and the Tepper School of Business.

General Electives (36-48 units):

Broaden your knowledge in information security or choose courses that intrigue your imagination. The courses below are a small subset of what you can take. Your advisor or program director can discuss other possible options.

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Course Number	Title	Faculty
95-829	Advanced IT Project Management	Christopher A. Kowalsky
91-845	Advanced Power and Influence	David M. Krackhardt
95-860	Advanced Writing for IT	Edward H. Barr
90-866	Artificial Intelligence Tools for Policy	Daniel B. Neill
95-774	Business Process Modeling	Karyn E. Moore
95-825	Corporate Finance	Tiong Kiong Lim Lynne Pastor
95-791	Data Mining I	Artur Dubrawski Murlikrishna Viswanathan
95-797	Data Warehousing	John Shantz
95-760	Decision Making Under Uncertainty	Jonathan P. Caulkins Stephen F. Roehrig Murlikrishna Viswanathan Zhijun Zhan
95-710	Economic Analysis	Alessandro Acquisti Tiong Kiong Lim Victor Pontines Yunfeng Shi
95-785	Entrepreneurship	Barbara Carryer Riaz Esmailzadeh
95-795	Entrepreneurship and Business Planning	Edward H. Barr Chris Labash
91-828	Ethical Issues In Management	Peter Madsen
91-857	Financial Modeling and Analysis	Lynne Pastor
95-833	Global IT Management	Andy Wasser
95-856	Hacking Exposed
90-834	Health Care Geographical Information Systems	Kristen S. Kurland
90-820	Health IT Security
91-822	Human Resources Management	Aloysius M. Gallagher
95-808	IT Project Management	Riaz Esmailzadeh Anna Shillabeer Rakesh Thapar
95-857	Incident Response	Earl N. Crane
95-841	Information Assurance Policy	Tim Shimeall
95-765	Information Security Project
95-756	Information Security Risk Analysis	Ashish Arora Pedro Ferreira Rahul Telang
95-757	Information Security Risk Policy & Management	Rahul Telang
95-802	Information Security: A Comparison of American and European Policies
90-802	Information Security: Comparison of US and European Policies	Albrecht Funk
95-720	Information Systems Project
95-803	Information Warfare	Tim Shimeall
95-767	Information and Telecommunication Policy in an International Context	Pedro Ferreira
95-753	Internet Security	Martin Lindner
95-900	Internship
90-784	Introduction to GIS	Kristen S. Kurland
95-752	Introduction to Information Security Management	Anna Shillabeer Tim Shimeall
95-830	Introduction to Security and Policy
95-812	Introduction to the ITIL Framework	Ryan Smalley
95-840	Investment Management
91-810	Leadership: Innovation And Organizational Change	Lance B. Kurke
91-864	Leading in a Lean and Six Sigma World
95-799	Linux & Open Source	Dennis Moul
91-807	Management Consulting	Chris W. Brussalis
95-810	Managing In A Virtual Environment	Laura Dabbish
95-790	Negotiation	Linda C. Babcock Jared Simmer
95-769	Network Security Analysis
95-855	Network Situational Awareness	Tim Shimeall
91-809	Organizational Change: Transition And Transformation	Denise M. Rousseau
95-700	Organizational Management	Laura Dabbish Terry F. Buss David M. Krackhardt David Lassman Lance B. Kurke
91-800	Organizational Management: Theory And Practice	Terry F. Buss David Lassman
91-808	Performance Management	Denise M. Rousseau
95-788	Planning for an Information Technology Start - Up
90-895	Policy Topics: Information Security Policy	Earl N. Crane Michael J. Smith
91-843	Power And Influence	David M. Krackhardt
95-818	Privacy Policy Law and Technology
95-763	Privacy and Confidentiality: Models and Implementations	Stephen F. Roehrig
90-867	Privacy in Digital Age	Alessandro Acquisti
95-762	Privacy in the Digital Age	Alessandro Acquisti
95-821	Product Management in Information Technology	Thomas Murray
91-821	Project Management	Laura W. Synnott Riaz Esmailzadeh
95-770	Security Policy Seminars
95-844	Service Management	Robert C. Hampshire
95-843	Service Oriented Architecture	Michael McCarthy
95-800	Social Media	Ari Lightman
11-791	Software Engineering For Information Technology I: Principles	Eric H. Nyberg
11-792	Software Engineering For Information Technology II: Practice	Eric H. Nyberg
90-814	Special Topics Technology Innovation Policy
95-814	Special Topics Technology Innovation Policy
91-858	Spreadsheet Modeling and Analysis for Management Decision Making	Lynne Pastor
95-796	Statistics for IT Managers	Daniel B. Neill Victor Pontines Janusz Szczypula Zhijun Zhan
95-820	Strategic Management and Implementation	Thomas Murray
91-818	Strategic Marketing/Communications
91-820	Strategic Planning	Laks Iyengar Terry F. Buss
95-794	Tech Startup: Tools and Techniques
90-795	Technology and Policy for Disaster and Humanitarian Response
95-705	Telecommunications Management	Riaz Esmailzadeh Danny F. Fernandes Pedro Ferreira Ramayya Krishnan Rahul Telang Sakir Yucel
95-759	Terrorism Security and Intelligence	David R. Palmer
90-880	The Strategy and Management of Technological Innovation
90-806	Transformational Leadership for Global Enterprises	Cheryl Grise

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