Requirements for the Certificate in Cybersecurity, Policy, and Law
Students complete 15 credits, including 9 from the School of Public and International Affairs and 3 each from Pitt's School of Computing and Information and School of Law. Students enrolled in a SPIA degree program may count no more than 2 of the below courses (6 credits) toward their degree and will need to contact the School of Computing and Information and School of Law to obtain permission to take courses in those schools.
Three of the following courses (9 credits)
PIA 2041-- Policy Analysis for Cybersecurity and Intelligence Studies
PIA 2471 -- Espionage, Surveillance & Secret Information in International Affairs
PIA 2156 -- Ethics and Policy in Cyberspace
PIA 2360 -- Cyber Security Policy
PIA 2379 -- Introduction to Cyber Crimes
PIA 2389 -- Criminal Operations in the Cyber World
PIA 2327 -- Terrorism and Counter Terrorism
PIA 2346 -- Introduction to American Intelligence
PIA 2365 -- Transnational Organized Crime
One of the following courses (3 credits)
LAW 5623 -- Cyber Law and Policy
LAW 5430 -- Information Privacy: Law and Practice
LAW 5260 -- Intellectual Property
LAW 5877 -- Law-Making Seminar (not necessarily cyber)
LAW 5380 -- Cybercrime
LAW 5404 -- Cyberspace and the Law
One of the following courses (3 credits)
INFSCI 2149 -- Intro to Information Security**
INFSCI 2621 -- Security Management and Computer Forensics
TELCOM 2821 -- Network Security
INFSCI 2620 -- Developing Secure Systems
INFSCI 2150 -- Information Security and Privacy
TELCOM 2811 -- Hacking for Defense
CS 2053 -- Applied Cryptography and Network Security
CS 2530 -- Computer and Network Security
CS 3525 -- Advanced Topics in Security and Privacy
** (note: this course is strongly recommended for any student who lacks a strong technical background in computer programming and/or engineering)
