Is MSISPM Right For Me?

While other programs emphasize an engineering approach to information security and assurance, Heinz College blends technical skills with a breadth of coursework in policy, strategy, and management. This approach enables the assembly of diverse cohorts of students who can apply their unique strengths to cyber challenges—in fact, while some MSISPM students come from STEM backgrounds, many others come from non-technical fields such as economics, finance, social science, and liberal arts.

Students with professional experience often include specialists in information systems, corporate managers, and military staff. The diversity of thought and perspectives represented in our classes is truly one of the MSISPM program’s greatest assets. Additionally, MSISPM cohorts are small in size, sparking tight connections among classmates.

Through our comprehensive curriculum—which covers the cybersecurity spectrum from privacy to risk and resilience—and our association with the renowned CERT Division of the Software Engineering Institute, we teach students to go a step beyond technical thinking in cybersecurity. Our graduates enter the workforce prepared to lead change and implementation of cyber solutions, to manage cyber technologies and projects, to understand the complex risk landscape of today’s world, and to fortify the cyber posture of organizations and governments against 21^st century threats. 

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For detailed curriculum information, please visit the MSISPM Student Handbook.

SAMPLE SCHEDULE: MSISPM

Below is one possible schedule for the two-year MSISPM program. Actual schedules will vary depending on electives.

Class titles in bold are core courses. Heinz College offers a mix of full-semester (14 weeks) and half-semester courses (7 weeks) for core and elective courses.