COMSATS University Islamabad
Registrar Office, Principal Seat, Islamabad
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NOTIFICATION

Scheme of Studies of Master of Science in Information Security for Spring 2015

It is Hereby notified that the Academic Council in its 13th Meeting held on June 04, 2012 approved the following Scheme of studies of the Master of Science in Information Security, MS (IS) with effect from at CIIT system.
1. Minimum Duration: 2 Years
2. Maximum Duration: 0 Years
4. Maximum Semesters: 0 
Course WorkMin No. of CoursesMin No. of Credit Hrs
1  Core Courses
04
12
2  Elective Courses
04
12
3  Total Credit Hours of course work
24
4  MS Thesis
06
Total No. of Credit Hours of the Program: 30

Note:

The Regulations relating to UnderGraduate Degree Program approved by the Competent Authority and amended from time to time shall also be applicable to this program.
    Credit Hours : 30


 Course CodeCourse TitleCredit HoursCo-requisite(s)Prerequisite(s)
1 CSC511 Advanced Algorithms Analysis 3(3, 0)
2 CSC522 Advanced Operating Systems 3(3, 0)
3 CSC607 Applied Cryptography 3(3, 0)
4 CSC634 Advanced Network Security 3(3, 0)



Core Courses
Course CodeCourse TitleCredit HoursCo-requisite(s)Prerequisite (s)
1 CSC511 Advanced Algorithms Analysis 3(3, 0)
2 CSC522 Advanced Operating Systems 3(3, 0)
3 CSC607 Applied Cryptography 3(3, 0)
4 CSC634 Advanced Network Security 3(3, 0)
List of Common Elective Courses
Course CodeCourse TitleCredit HoursCo-requisite(s)Prerequisite (s)
5 CSC510 Theory of Computation 3(3, 0)
6 CSC601 Advanced Mathematical Modeling 3(3, 0)
7 CSC603 Advanced Geometric Modeling 3(3, 0)
8 CSC605 Advanced Computer Animation 3(3, 0)
9 CSC606 Advanced Parallel Architecture 3(3, 0)
10 CSC611 Advanced Parallel Processing 3(3, 0)
11 CSC612 Advanced Distributed Computing 3(3, 0)
12 CSC615 Advanced Estimation and Detection Theory 3(3, 0)
13 CSC616 Advanced Chaos Theory 3(3, 0)
14 CSC617 Advanced Quantum Cryptography 3(3, 0)
15 CSC618 Advanced Grid Computing 3(3, 0)
16 CSC619 Advanced Open Source Systems 3(3, 0)
17 CSC801 Special Topics in Mathematical Modeling 3(3, 0)
18 CSC806 Special Topics in Parallel Architecture 3(3, 0)
19 CSC810 Special Topics in Computer Architecture 3(3, 0)
20 CSC811 Special Topics in Parallel Processing 3(3, 0)
21 CSC812 Special Topics in Distributed Computing 3(3, 0)
22 CSC815 Special Topics in Estimation And Detection Theory 3(3, 0)
23 CSC816 Special Topics in Chaos Theory 3(3, 0)
24 CSC817 Special Topics in Quantum Cryptography 3(3, 0)
25 CSC818 Special Topics in Grid Computing 3(3, 0)
26 CSC819 Special Topics in Open Source Systems 3(3, 0)
List of Elective Courses
Course CodeCourse TitleCredit HoursCo-requisite(s)Prerequisite (s)
27 CSC608 Security Engineering 3(3, 0)
28 CSC609 Number Theory 3(3, 0)
29 CSC610 Privacy and Security Aspects of Biometric Systems 3(3, 0)
30 CSC613 Theoretical Cryptography 3(3, 0)
31 CSC614 Information Theory 3(3, 0)
32 CSC620 Public Key Cryptography 3(3, 0)
33 CSC639 Advanced Probability and Statistics 3(3, 0)
34 CSC640 Algebraic Cryptanalysis 3(3, 0)
35 CSC641 Interactive and Zero Knowledge Proofs 3(3, 0)
36 CSC645 Theory of Coding 3(3, 0)
37 CSC646 Security Analysis of a Communication System 3(3, 0)
38 CSC647 Trusted Systems 3(3, 0)
39 CSC746 Recommender Systems 3(3, 0)
40 CSC878 Special Topics in Computer Vision 3(3, 0)
Thesis
Course CodeCourse TitleCredit HoursCo-requisite(s)Prerequisite (s)
41 CSC800 MS Thesis 6(0, 6)


Note:

in Addition to choosing one course from the Electives, a student can choose this course from the MS (CS), MS (SE) programs or other logical specialization electives of MS (IS). The regulations relating to MS Degree Programs approved by the Competent Authority and emended from time to time shall also be applicable to this program.
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