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Detailed Program Information

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Program Code

MCSEC

Academic Year

2022

Program Faculty

Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences

Special Notes

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These Program Rules should be read in conjunction with the University's policies (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies).

Overview

The Master of Cyber Security is designed to meet the demand for cyber security professionals in a variety of sectors. It provides a strong analytical framework to understand the challenges, problems and solutions of cyber security from technical and non-technical perspectives. Students will develop technical knowledge and learn to apply this through technical and organisational perspectives to provide cyber security expertise to organisations. Students will elect to undertake either a research project or an industry-based project.

The Master of Cyber Security is an AQF Level 9 qualification with a standard full-time duration of 2 years.

Academic Program Rules for Master of Cyber Security

There shall be a Master of Cyber Security.

Qualification Requirements

Academic Program:

To qualify for the degree of Master of Cyber Security the student must complete a program of study consisting of the following requirements with a combined total of not less than 48 units, comprising:

Core Courses to the value of 12 units
Electives to the value of 24 units
A research project or industry project to the value of 12 units

Unless exempted international students are required to take ELEC ENG 7057 Communications & Critical Thinking in lieu of an elective

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Master of Cyber Security

To satisfy the requirements for Master of Cyber Security students must complete courses to the value of 12 units.

Core Courses

All of the following courses must be completed:

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
COMP SCI 7210	Foundations of Computer Science A	3
COMP SCI 7211	Foundations of Computer Science B	3
COMP SCI 7328	Concepts in Cyber Security	3
MATHS 7027	Mathematical Foundations of Data Science	3

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Project

To satisfy the requirements for Project students must complete courses to the value of 12 units.

Research pathway

Courses to the value of 12 units from the following:

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
COMP SCI 7101A	Cyber Security Research Project Part A	0
COMP SCI 7101B	Cyber Security Research Project Part B	12

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Industry pathway

Courses to the value of 12 units from the following:

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
COMP SCI 7102A	Cyber Security Industry Project Part A	0
COMP SCI 7102B	Cyber Security Industry Project Part B	12

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Electives

To satisfy the requirements for Electives students must complete courses to the value of 24 units.

Courses to the value of 15 units from Set 1 and Courses to the value of 9 units in total from Sets 1 and 2.

Set 1

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
COMMGMT 7023	Business Data & Cyber Security (M)	3
COMMGMT 7025	Information Risks, Threats & Controls (M)	3
COMMGMT 7026	Policies & Procedures in Organisational Cyber Security (M)	3
COMP SCI 7081	Computer Systems	3
COMP SCI 7106	Hot Topics in IoT Security	3
COMP SCI 7212	Human and Ethical Factors in Computer Science	3
COMP SCI 7307	Secure Programming	3
COMP SCI 7308	Cybersecurity Fundamentals	3
COMP SCI 7412	Secure Software Engineering	3
ENG 7111	Internship	6
MATHS 7026	Cryptography PG	3

Set 2

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
COMMGMT 7024	Business Information Systems & Management (M)	3
COMP SCI 7039	Computer Networks & Applications	3
COMP SCI 7064	Operating Systems	3
COMP SCI 7092	Mobile and Wireless Systems	3
COMP SCI 7094	Distributed Databases & Data Mining	3
COMP SCI 7209	Big Data Analysis and Project	3
COMP SCI 7306	Mining Big Data	3
COMP SCI 7314	Introduction to Statistical Machine Learning	3
COMP SCI 7317	Using Machine Learning Tools PG	3
COMP SCI 7318	Deep Learning Fundamentals	3
COMP SCI 7413	Introduction to Quantum Computing	3
COMP SCI 7416	Applied Machine Learning	3
COMP SCI 7417	Applied Natural Language Processing	3
ELEC ENG 7051	Microelectronic Systems	3
ELEC ENG 7080	Principles of Communication Systems	3
ELEC ENG 7081	Telecommunications Systems	3
MATHS 7103	Probability & Statistics PG	3
PHIL 7005	Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence	3
POLIS 7024	Political Institutions and Policy-Making	3
STATS 7107	Statistical Modelling and Inference	3

Published on: 30 November, 2021 | 16:50:03