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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Select OneManagementBusiness IntelligenceDecision AnalysisElectronic CommerceEntrepreneurshipFinancial Management and AnalysisHealth InformaticsHealth Care ManagementHealth Care PolicyHuman ResourcesInformation SecurityInformation Technology ManagementInternational PolicyNon-Profit/NGO ManagementOnline Markets and EconomicsPolicy AnalysisService ManagementSocial EntrepreneurshipSoftware Design and ManagementTechnology Policy

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
94-701	Business English	Kim J. Hyatt Stacy Rosenberg
94-832	Business Intelligence and Data Mining SAS
95-774	Business Process Modeling	Karyn E. Moore
95-825	Corporate Finance	Tiong Kiong Lim Lynne Pastor
95-761	Cybersecurity in Critical Infrastructure Protection	Samuel Merrell
95-791	Data Mining I	Artur Dubrawski Murlikrishna Viswanathan
95-797	Data Warehousing	John Shantz
94-833	Decision Analysis and Multi-Criteria Decision Making	Jonathan P. Caulkins
95-760	Decision Making Under Uncertainty	Jonathan P. Caulkins Haijing Hao Stephen F. Roehrig
94-831	Design & Policy for Humanitarian Impact	Tim Zak
95-710	Economic Analysis	Alessandro Acquisti Haijing Hao Tiong Kiong Lim Yunfeng Shi
94-807	Entrepreneurship	Babs Carryer Riaz Esmailzadeh
91-828	Ethical Issues In Management	Peter Madsen
91-857	Financial Modeling and Analysis	Lynne Pastor
95-726	Fundamentals of Finance	Lynne Pastor
95-833	Global IT Management & Sourcing	Andy Wasser
95-856	Hacking Exposed	Rohyt Belani
90-834	Health Care Geographical Information Systems	Kristen S. Kurland
90-820	Health Care Information Security	Greg Porter
91-822	Human Resources Management
95-857	Incident Response	Earl N. Crane
95-767	Information and Telecommunication Policy in an International Context	Pedro Ferreira
95-841	Information Assurance Policy	Tim Shimeall
95-765	Information Security Project
95-756	Information Security Risk Analysis	Pedro Ferreira Rahul Telang
95-757	Information Security Risk Policy & Management	Rahul Telang
90-802	Information Security: Comparison of US and European Policies	Albrecht Funk
95-720	Information Systems Project	Murlikrishna Viswanathan
95-803	Information Warfare	Tim Shimeall
90-759	International Policy Decision Modeling	Lee Branstetter
95-753	Internet Security	Martin Lindner
95-900	Internship
94-802	Introduction to Geographic Information Systems	Wilpen L. Gorr Kristen S. Kurland
95-752	Introduction to Information Security Management	Adam Cummings
94-838	Introduction to Raster GIS	Debaleena Majumdar
95-830	Introduction to Security and Policy	Bill Claycomb
94-810	Introduction to Supply Chain Management and Systems	Tim Zak
95-812	Introduction to the ITIL Framework	Ryan Smalley
95-840	Investment Management
95-808	IT Project Management	Riaz Esmailzadeh Rakesh Thapar
90-795	Labor Economic Policy	Lowell J. Taylor
90-866	Large Scale Data Analysis for Public Policy	Daniel B. Neill
91-810	Leadership: Innovation And Organizational Change
94-840	Lean Entrepreneurship	Sean Ammirati
95-799	Linux & Open Source	Dennis Moul
94-808	Management Consulting	Chris W. Brussalis
95-810	Managing In A Virtual Environment	Laura Dabbish
94-823	Measuring Social	Ari Lightman
95-769	Network Security Analysis
95-855	Network Situational Awareness	Tim Shimeall
91-809	Organizational Change: Transition And Transformation	Denise M. Rousseau
91-800	Organizational Management: Theory And Practice	Terry F. Buss David Lassman
91-808	Performance Management	Denise M. Rousseau
94-818	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
90-913	Privacy and Security: Decision Making and Behavior	Alessandro Acquisti
94-806	Privacy in the Digital Age	Alessandro Acquisti
95-821	Product Management in Information Technology	Thomas Murray
94-702	Professional Writing	Kim J. Hyatt Stacy Rosenberg
94-813	Project Management	Riaz Esmailzadeh Laura W. Synnott
95-770	Security Policy Seminars
95-843	Service Oriented Architecture	Michael McCarthy
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
95-764	Special Topics: Information Assurance & Security
91-858	Spreadsheet Modeling and Analysis for Management Decision Making	Lynne Pastor
95-796	Statistics for IT Managers	Haijing Hao Daniel B. Neill Janusz Szczypula
95-820	Strategic Management and Implementation	Thomas Murray
91-820	Strategic Planning	Terry F. Buss
91-718	Strategic Presentation Skills	Pamela Payne Lewis Stacy Rosenberg
95-794	Tech Startup: Tools and Techniques	Mark F. DeSantis
94-812	Technology for International Development	Joseph Mertz
95-705	Telecommunications Management	Riaz Esmailzadeh 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

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