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International Cybersecurity

Concentration Requirements:

  • Please select a minimum of four courses (12 credits total) from the list below, including two INTAF courses.
  • Please note that this list will be reviewed and updated periodically. However, students should always check LionPATH to determine the availability of these courses in any given semester and review any mandatory prerequisites prior to enrolling.
  • Please note that enrollment in any course listed below is not guaranteed, especially when the course is outside of INTAF.
  • Classes included on the list below are approved to use as electives for this concentration. Any course that is not listed below must go through a formal review process. To begin this review process, please complete this form.
    • Courses that are not approved electives from the below list will NOT count towards your concentration unless you obtain approval through the review process.

SIA Elective Courses (please select at least two classes from the following list):

  • INTAF 812 – The Role of Intelligence in International Relations (3 credits)
  • INTAF 818 – U.S. National Security (3 credits)

Penn State Graduate Elective Courses:

  • IST 554 – Network Management and Security (3 credits)
  • IST 564 – Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management (3 credits)
  • IST 577 – Human Factors of Security and Privacy (3 credits)
  • IST 803 – Cybersecurity Foundations (3 credits)
  • IST 815 – Foundations of Information Security and Assurance (3 credits)

Penn State 400-Level Elective Courses (please select no more than three courses from the following list):

  • IST 451 – Network Security (3 credits)
  • IST 454 – Computer and Cyber Forensics (3 credits)
  • IST 456 – Information Security Management (3 credits)
  • SRA 450 – Cybercrime, Cyber-terrorism, and Cyberwar (3 credits)
  • SRA 433 – Deception and Counter-Deception (3 credits)
  • SRA 440W – Security Risk and Analysis Capstone (3 credits)

All World Campus courses, including any that appear as elective class options on this list, require enrollment permission from the SIA faculty director prior to registering for the class. Please contact the SIA academic adviser for more information.