2013–2014 UNIVERSITY CATALOG - Florida Institute of Technology

CVE 5095 SPECIAL PROJECTS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING (1-3 credits).
Special graduate study undertaken on a cooperative basis between a student and
a member of the graduate faculty. The project may include a literature search in a
selected area or the design and fabrication of research equipment. (Requirement:
Department head approval.)
CVE 5899 FINAL SEMESTER THESIS (0-2 credits). Variable registration
for thesis completion after satisfaction of minimum registration requirements.
(Requirements: Accepted petition to graduate and approval by Office of Graduate
Programs.)
CVE 5999 THESIS RESEARCH (3-6 credits). Individual research under the
direction of a graduate faculty member in a selected topic. (Requirement: Thesis
advisor approval.)
CVE 6899 FINAL SEMESTER DISSERTATION (0-2 credits). Variable registration
for dissertation completion after satisfaction of minimum registration requirements.
(Requirements: Accepted candidacy and approval by Office of Graduate Programs.)
CVE 6991 RESEARCH IN CIVIL ENGINEERING (1-3 credits). Research under
the guidance of a member of the civil engineering faculty in a selected area of civil
engineering. Repeatable as required.
CVE 6999 DISSERTATION (3-12 credits). Research and preparation of the doctoral
dissertation.
COOPERATIVE EDUCATION
CWE 1001 COOPERATIVE EDUCATION 1 (1-3 credits). Prepares students for
professional careers by integrating alternate periods of academic study and careerrelated
work experience. Places students in private industry, business and public
agencies. Requires specific academic standards and recommendation by the university
to be eligible. Registration for three credits classifies student as full time, and
credits may be applied as free elective credit in most programs. Also requires co-op
coordinator approval of appropriate course prior to registration. Grades are pass/fail
(P/F) only. (Requirement: Completion of 24 credit hours with at least a 2.5 GPA.)
CWE 2001 COOPERATIVE EDUCATION 2 (1-3 credits). Prepares students for
professional careers by integrating alternate periods of academic study and careerrelated
work experience. Places students in private industry, business and public
agencies. Requires specific academic standards and recommendation by the university
to be eligible. Registration for three credits classifies student as full time,
and credits may be applied as free elective credit in most programs. Also requires
co-op coordinator approval of appropriate course prior to registration. Grades are
pass/fail (P/F) only. (Requirement: GPA of 2.5 or higher.) Prerequisites: CWE 1001.
CWE 3001 COOPERATIVE EDUCATION 3 (1-3 credits). Prepares students for
professional careers by integrating alternate periods of academic study and careerrelated
work experience. Places students in private industry, business and public
agencies. Requires specific academic standards and recommendation by the university
to be eligible. Registration for three credits classifies student as full time,
and credits may be applied as free elective credit in most programs. Also requires
co-op coordinator approval of appropriate course prior to registration. Grades are
pass/fail (P/F) only. (Requirement: GPA of 2.5 or higher.) Prerequisites: CWE 2001.
CWE 3003 ENGINEERING COOPERATIVE EDUCATION (3 credits). Prepares
students for professional careers. Students work on engineering projects including
one or more of the following realistic constraints: economic, environmental,
social, political, ethical, safety, security and manufacturing. Classifies students
as full time. Can be used for a maximum of three credits of technical elective.
(Requirements: Cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher and instructor approval.)
Prerequisites: CWE 2001.
CWE 4001 COOPERATIVE EDUCATION 4 (1-3 credits). Prepares students for
professional careers by integrating alternate periods of academic study and careerrelated
work experience. Places students in private industry, business and public
agencies. Requires specific academic standards and recommendation by the university
to be eligible. Registration for three credits classifies student as full time,
and credits may be applied as free elective credit in most programs. Also requires
co-op coordinator approval of appropriate course prior to registration. Grades are
pass/fail (P/F) only. (Requirement: GPA of 2.5 or higher.) Prerequisites: CWE 3001.
CWE 5000 GRADUATE COOPERATIVE EDUCATION (0 credits). Provides
opportunities for graduate students who desire work experience related to their
fields of study. No academic credit is awarded, but in other respects the preceding
course descriptions all apply. (Requirement: Completion of nine graduate credit
hours with at least a 3.0 GPA.)
INFORMATION ASSURANCE AND CYBERSECURITY
CYB 5272 COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SECURITY (3 credits). Examines
concepts of modern computer security from a practical point of view. Includes
vulnerability analysis, threat modeling and risk assessment, and techniques for
asset protection. Discusses economic, legal and ethical issues in computer security.
Emphasizes a systemwide view of security and includes a survey of current
literature. Prerequisites: CIS 5200 or CSE 2010 or ECE 2552.
CYB 5275 ENTERPRISE INFORMATION SECURITY (3 credits). Explores the
interconnections between security solutions the enterprise. Includes legal and regulatory
considerations, attack and trust models, risk and the economics of security.
CYB 5280 HOST AND APPLICATION SECURITY (3 credits). Explores securityrelated
aspects of host-based computer security. Covers the elements of systems
that make them secure or vulnerable, defense architectures, forensics, reverse engineering,
metrics, virtualization and other topics. Conveys key concepts through
hands-on examples.
CYB 5285 SECURE OPERATING SYSTEMS (3 credits). Studies security within
operating systems. Provides understanding of the design challenges, software
mechanisms and issues affecting operating system security. Includes the ability
to compare the security merits of different operating systems. Uses case studies.
Prerequisites: CYB 5280.
CYB 5288 SECURE COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND ORGANIZATION (3 credits).
Presents the organization of computer systems from a security perspective. Focuses
on the interactions between computers and their environments, virtualization
and cloud computing. Covers the fundamental concepts of computer organization
including machine code, instruction sets, input and output, and memory.
Prerequisites: CYB 5280.
CYB 5290 SECURE DATA COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS (3 credits).
Explores data communications, networking and network security. Provides a foundation
of networking including TCP/IP, other communications protocols and routing.
Uses practical network security schemes to enable students to identify and implement
a variety of network and communications security measures.
CYB 5660 SECURE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT (3 credits). Examines the
importance of building security into the design, implementation and testing phases
of software development. Covers coding techniques that avoid known vulnerabilities
and test strategies that can uncover previously unknown weaknesses. Includes
discussion of security policies and design principles.
CYB 5665 SECURE WEB SERVICES (3 credits). Explores Web technologies
including Web services, Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA) and the Semantic
Web. Includes approaches for securing new Web technologies. Prerequisites:
CYB 5290.
CYB 5675 DATA MINING FOR CYBERSECURITY (3 credits). Explores data
mining and machine learning in cybersecurity environments. Includes a variety
of data mining and machine learning algorithms and their utility in cybersecurity
tasks (signature, anomaly, scan, intrusion detection). Also covers network traffic
profiling and privacy-preserving data mining. Prerequisites: CYB 5290.
CYB 5677 BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION TECHNOLOGIES (3 credits).
Explores biometric authentication technologies including fingerprint, eye and facial
biometrics. Presents biometric system design, applications, security considerations
and other topics. Conveys key concepts through examples.
CYB 5678 CRYPTOGRAPHY AND INFORMATION HIDING (3 credits). Explores
various ways in which information can be hidden including encryption, watermarking
and steganography. Includes writing software to explore course concepts.
Prerequisites: CYB 5290.
CYB 5899 FINAL SEMESTER THESIS (0-2 credits). Variable registration for thesis
completion after satisfaction of minimum registration requirements. (Requirements:
Accepted petition to graduate and approval by Office of Graduate Programs.)
CYB 5999 THESIS (3-6 credits). Research and preparation of a thesis under the
direction of a member of the graduate faculty. A maximum of six credit hours
may be applied toward the master of science degree requirements. (Requirement:
Thesis supervisor approval.)
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