Course Catalog - Knowledge Systems Institute

Course Descriptions
Course Descriptions
CIS519
Electronic Enterprise Engineering: Enterprise
engineering is an emerging discipline for the 21st
century. This course will explore the development
of electronic enterprise to facilitate electronic
commerce and to integrate enterprise information
and empower knowledge workers of all levels
with decision-support capabilities using the Java
programming language, EJB JEE5. Prerequisite:
CIS321. (3 credits)
CIS520
Advanced Computer Networks: This course
discusses advanced issues of TCP/IP networking.
Class project includes the implementation of TCP/
IP applications using WinSockets, JavaMicroEdition.
The content covers Client/Server Model, Network
Management, Network Security, Cisco Router
Configuration, broadband communication
and ATM concepts, Enterprise Network Systems,
etc. The course also prepares students to the
industrial certification Network+ and CCNA/CCNP
Prerequisite: CIS507. (3 credits)
CIS521
Queueing Theory and Simulation: This course
covers queuing models of computer networks and
systems. Students will learn birth-death systems;
single and multiple server systems, steady-state
behavior of general service time queues, priority
queues, approximation methods and algorithms
for complex queues. Simulation. Prerequisites:
CIS350 & CIS370. (3 credits)
Encryption and Certificate Basics, Network
Infrastructure Security, TCP/IP Basics and port
security, Communications Security, Application
Security ,User Security, Security Baselines,
Operational Security, Organizational Security,
Incident Detection and Response. The course
also prepare students to the industrial certification
Security+. (3 credits)
CIS562
Software Design Workshop: Students will
engage in group projects on software factory,
software reuse, reverse engineering, reengineering
and other topics of current interest.
Prerequisite: CIS510. (3 credits)
CIS563
Information Security Assurance: Students will
learn how to accomplish information security goals
by following assurance standards, ISO standards,
the certification process, and planning for
assurance certification of level-2 security. (3 credits)
CIS564
Software Agents: The content of this course
consists of the introduction to software agents,
basic modules of software agent systems, software
agent development methods and tools, mobile
agents, agent communications, and various
software agent applications and related research
issues. Students will have various software agent
laboratories by using fixed and mobile agent tools
to implement software agents. (3 credits)
CIS522
Computer Security and Cryptography: This
course will present a practical survey of concepts,
principles and practice of cryptography and
computer security. Course content include:
General Networking and Security Concepts,
CIS566
Software Testing Techniques: This course
presents a comprehensive study of software
testing and quality control concepts, principles,
methodologies, management strategies and
techniques. The emphasis here is on understanding
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