Cyber Forensics Concentration for Computer and Information Technology, MS

Foundation Courses (18 credits)

Students must take the two Cyberforensics foundation courses, in addition to 12 credit hours (four courses) from the Cyberforensics selectives list below.

• Foundation Courses:
  (Both required.)

• CNIT 52500 - Mobile And Embedded Device Forensics Credits: 3.00
• CNIT 55600 - Basic Computer Forensics Credits: 3.00

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• Cyberforensics Selectives:
  (Choose four.)

• CNIT 51100 - Foundations In Homeland Security Studies Credits: 3.00
• CNIT 51200 - Managing Resources And Applications For Homeland Security Credits: 3.00
• CNIT 52300 - File System Forensics Credits: 3.00
• CNIT 55500 - Advanced Network Security Credits: 3.00
• CNIT 55700 - Advanced Research Topics In Cyber Forensics Credits: 3.00
• CNIT 58100 - Workshop In Computer Technology Credits: 0.00 to 8.00 Titles: Network Forensics; Social Engineering (Credits: 3.00)
• CNIT 62300 - Contemporary Computer Technology Problems Credits: 1.00 to 8.00 Titles: Cyberpsychology; Digital Forensic Internship (Credits: 3.00)

Electives (3 credits)

Electives are recorded in the Related Area of the plan of study, and are specific to the student’s areas of specialization and research. These electives require approval of the student’s entire Graduate Committee. If completed prior to filing a plan of study, the credits may not be approved for the graduate degree. The related area electives may include:

• CNIT graduate level catalog courses numbered 50000 and higher (except for CNIT 59800 and CNIT 69800) as deemed appropriate by the student’s entire graduate committee.
• Other graduate level catalog courses numbered 50000 and higher from any college or school within Purdue University, and as deemed appropriate by the student’s entire graduate committee. This allows students to build interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary depth, as needed, in their plans of study.
• Graduate level prototype courses numbered 50000 and higher. These are courses that are being developed and prototyped by faculty members with an expectation that some will eventually become permanent catalog course numbers. In CIT, these courses are numbered CNIT 58100-xxx, where xxx is an alphanumeric suffix used to differentiate different courses. Other programs may use different numbers for their prototype courses.
• Graduate level independent study courses allow students to study appropriate subjects for which no established course exists, under the direct supervision of a qualified faculty member. A maximum of six credit hours of independent study may be included in a plan of study. Courses must be unanimously approved by the student’s graduate committee. In Computer and Information Technology, these courses are numbered CNIT 59000. Requests for independent study must be proposed and approved before the student registers for the course.
• Undergraduate courses numbered 30000 and above may be included in a graduate plan of study if unanimously approved by the student’s Graduate Committee. The courses must contain subject matter necessary to the student’s subsequent graduate courses or research. It should be noted that some faculty refuse to approve undergraduate courses in a graduate plan of study. 

Remediation courses do NOT carry credit toward any M.S. degree requirement, and must NOT be included in a plan of study. Some students with insufficient undergraduate computing backgrounds may have been granted conditional admission to the program and required to complete specific undergraduate remediation course requirements. Remediation may also be prescribed after admittance to the CIT graduate program based upon the initial academic advisor’s review of the student’s academic and professional background and proficiencies.