Information Security Courses

The need for responsible use of information and computing/networking systems threads through business processes, research endeavors, and our daily lives. Departments across Purdue offer classes that address information security, privacy, and risk management topics from various perspectives.The following is a list of infosec-related courses that have been offered at Purdue. The first group of courses listed below focus on information security topics specifically. The second group of courses may be considered complementary, in that they address areas of risk management (e.g., physical security and auditing), data collection and transmission, or legal/regulatory practices and records management (which have an information component).

Information Security Courses

Computer Sciences

CRN Course # Course Name
13221 CS 30700 Software Engineering I
13246 CS 35500 Introduction To Cryptography
13252 CS 42600 Computer Security
13257 CS 47100 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
13258 CS 47800 Introduction to Bioinformatics
CS 490S Secure Network Programming
13279 CS 52600 Information Security
CS 555 Cryptography
CS 590D Data Mining
CS 590W Topics in Wireless Networking
13298 CS 59100 Information Security and Cybercrime Seminar
CS 626 Advanced Information Assurance
CS 655 Advanced Cryptology
CS 690S Privacy Online

Computer and Information Technology

CRN Course # Course Name
C&IT 227 Introduction to Bioinformatics
C&IT 420 Basic Cyber Forensics
13461 CNIT 45500 Network Security
13475 CNIT 49900 Cyber Forensics: Advanced Technical Issues
13477 CNIT 49900 Small Scale Digital Device Forensics
C&IT 499F Introduction to Computer Forensics
C&IT 499N Wireless Network Security and Management
C&IT 528 Information Security Risk Assessment
13485 CNIT 55600 Basic Computer Forensics
13488 CNIT 55700 Advanced Research Topics in Cyber Forensics
13497 CNIT 58100 Special Topics in Cyber Forensics
C&IT 581B Biometric Data Analysis
C&IT 581C Applied Cryptography
C&IT 581F Expert Witness & Scientific Testimony
13493 CNIT 58100 Data Management Security
13495 CNIT 58100 Information Security Management
C&IT 581V Special Topics in Cyberforensics
13498 CNIT 58100 Web Services Security
C&IT 623R Risk And Technology

Homeland Security

CRN Course # Course Name
11150 ASM 59100 Foundations in Homeland Security Studies
ASM 591B Managing Resources And Applications For Homeland Security

Industrial Technology

CRN Course # Course Name
22272 IT 54500 Biometrics Technology And Applications

Management

Course # Course Name
MGMT 590N Forensic Accounting
MGMT 642 Security Analysis
MGMT 690D Information Security for Managers

Computer & Information Technology (IUPUI)

Course # Course Name
CIT 303 Communication Security and Network Controls
CIT 406 Advanced Network Security
CIT 415 Advanced Network Administration
CIT 420 Digital Forensics
CIT 431 Applied Secure Protocols
CIT 499D File System Forensics

Computer Information Systems & Information Technology (Purdue Calumet)

Course # Course Name
ITS 200 Ethical and Legal Issues of IT
ITS 250 Fundamentals of Information Assurance
ITS 350 Systems Assurance
ITS 352 Disaster Recovery and Planning
ITS 354 Information Assurance Risk Assessment
ITS 450 Software Assurance
ITS 452 Computer Forensics

Complementary Courses

Agricultural Economics

CRN Course # Course Name
10572 AGEC 59600 Forensic Economics
AGEC 685 Risk Analysis & Management

Agricultural Systems Management

CRN Course # Course Name
11154 ASM 59100 Agro-Security Issues

Aviation Technology

CRN Course # Course Name
11786 AT 38100 Aviation Security
AT 381P Aviation Security (Distance Learning)
AT 573 Managing Risk of Organizational Accidents
AT 581A Security Information Collection and Analysis
AT 581B Contemporary Issues in Transportation Security

Computer Graphics Technology

Course # Course Name
CGT 581B The Business of E-Commerce

Consumer Sciences & Retailing

CRN Course # Course Name
17444 CSR 38600 Risk Management

Electrical and Computer Engineering

CRN Course # Course Name
17804 ECE 48300 Digital Control Systems Analysis and Design
ECE 495F Introduction to Computer Security
17851 ECE 57000 Artificial Intelligence
ECE 669 Natural Language Processing

Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology

CRN Course # Course Name
18119 ECET 30900 Advanced Embedded Microcontrollers
18132 ECET 37400 Digital Telecommunications
ECET 525 Applied Forensic Engineering Technology
ECET 581S Selected Topics in Sensor Networking

English

CRN Course # Course Name
19777 ENGL 62800 Natural Language Processing

Entomology

CRN Course # Course Name
20034 ENTM 21800 Introduction to Forensic Science
ENTM 295T Forensic Entomology & Botany
ENTM 318 Criminalistics also known as HSCI 318
ENTM 319 Criminalistics: Crime Techniques & Management Laboratory

Forestry & Natural Resources

CRN Course # Course Name
20785 FNR 35700 Fundamental Remote Sensing
20820 FNR 55800 Digital Remote Sensing & GIS

Health Science

Course # Course Name
HSCI 218 Introduction to Forensic Science
HSCI 318 Criminalistics: Crime Techniques & Management Laboratory also known as ENTM 318)
HSCI 418 Advanced Criminalistics

Linguistics

CRN Course # Course Name
22469 LING 68900 Natural Language Processing

Management

CRN Course # Course Name
23827 MGMT 41300 Advanced Corporate Financial Management
23830 MGMT 41500 International Financial Management
23840 MGMT 45500 Legal Background for Business I
23843 MGMT 45600 Legal Background for Business II
23845 MGMT 45800 The Regulatory Process, Consumerism, And Public Policy
MGMT 482 Management Information Systems
MGMT 490E Technology Strategy
23878 MGMT 56100 Logistics
MGMT 590E Competition in E-Commerce
MGMT 642 Security Analysis
MGMT 691W Technology Strategy

Nursing

CRN Course # Course Name
24736 NUR 11000 Nursing Informatics

Political Science

CRN Course # Course Name
27307 POL 63100 Research Seminar In International Relations

Sociology

CRN Course # Course Name
28860 SOC 41900 Sociology of Law