Technology for National Security Graduate Certificate

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The Graduate Certificate in Technology for National Security requires a minimum of 16 units of graduate work. It provides a pathway for graduate students in science and engineering to study the relationship of their disciplines to emerging issues, challenges and policies in national security and intelligence. The certificate is available to any graduate student pursuing a MS or PhD in mathematics, science or engineering.

Core Requirement

ENGR 610 Emerging Technologies for National Security Units: 2

Security Issues Requirement

Choose one course from the following:

DSCI 519 Foundations and Policy for Information Security Units: 4
GSEC 501 Foundations of Global Security Units: 4
GSEC 512 National Intelligence and Global Security Units: 4
PPD 683 Homeland Security and Public Policy Units: 4
PPDE 672 An Exploration of the Intelligence Community - from Policy to Cyber Espionage Units: 4

Machine Learning Requirement

Choose one course from the following:

AME 508 Machine Learning and Computational Physics Units: 4
CSCI 561 Foundations of Artificial Intelligence Units: 4
CSCI 567 Machine Learning Units: 4
DSCI 552 Machine Learning for Data Science Units: 4
EE 559 Machine Learning I: Supervised Methods Units: 4

Technical Depth Courses

Choose a minimum of 6 units:

ASTE 553 Systems for Remote Sensing from Space Units: 3
ASTE 554 Spacecraft Sensors Units: 3
CSCI 530 Security Systems Units: 4
CSCI 531 Applied Cryptography Units: 4
EE 520 Introduction to Quantum Information Processing Units: 4
EE 539 Engineering Quantum Mechanics Units: 4
SAE 547 Model-Based Systems Architecting and Engineering Units: 3
SSCI 579 Geospatial Intelligence Tradecraft Units: 4
SSCI 581 Concepts for Spatial Thinking Units: 4
SSCI 587 Spatial Data Acquisition Units: 4