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Cohort 2012

Preparatory Courses - 2012

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The following four online courses provide classe a strong foundation for the Master's program, and all students are encouraged to take the courses as refreshers. These courses do not count toward the hours required for the Master's degree. CS510 and CS511 are taught every summer, and CS512 and CS515 are taught every fall.

Summer Courses
May 7 - June 29, 2012	CS 511: Computer Organization
May 7 - August 10, 2012	CS 510: Object Oriented Programming
Fall Courses
Starts Aug. 27, 2012	CS 512: Data Structures
	CS 515: Foundations of Computer Science

2012 Tentative Cohort Schedule

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All courses are offered asynchronously over the Internet. The schedule follows JMU's calendar for fall and spring semesters. Course schedules and course offerings are subject to change with advance notice to students.

Spring, Semester 1
Starts Jan 7, 2013	CS 550: Operating Systems
	CS 652: Formal Methods for Information Security
Summer Course
June 4 - July 26, 2013	CS 523: Ethics, Law and Policy in Cyberspace
Fall, Semester 2
Starts Aug 26, 2013	CS 555: Secure Software Engineering
	CS 560: Networks and Network Security
Spring, Semester 3
Starts Jan 6, 2014	CS 633: Computer Forensics
	CS 627: Cryptography: Algorithms and Applications
Summer 2014
	Summer Thesis Work or Comprehensive Exam Prep*
Fall, Semester 4
Starts Aug 24, 2014	CS 660: Advanced Network Security AND
	InfoSec Elective (non-thesis students) OR CS700 Thesis (thesis approval and research)
Spring, Semester 5
Starts Jan 5, 2015	CS 625: Secure Operations AND
	InfoSec Elective (non-thesis students) OR CS700 Thesis (continued research, thesis defense)

InfoSec Electives

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• CS621 Software Assurance
• CS640 Malware Analysis
• CS675 Distributed Computing and Security
• CS685 Special Topics

* Students who choose the non-thesis route have to take a comprehensive exam in Semester 4