Cybersecurity is a multidisciplinary domain that involves technical issues, security policies, regulation, and law. Our integrated curriculum—incorporating coursework from Pitt’s School of Computing and Information, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, and School of Law—provides students with the skills to develop comprehensive cybersecurity policies and strengthen cybersecurity ecosystems to minimize risk.
As part of the certificate’s multidisciplinary approach, the certificate requires courses to be taken from all three Pitt schools. Students must complete a minimum of three courses from SCI, one course from GSPIA, and one course from the School of Law to earn the certificate.
Courses
Students can select from the following courses across the three schools to build a program around their interests:
School of Computing and Information courses
- INFSCI 2150 - Information Security and Privacy
- TELCOM 2821 - Network Security
- INFSCI 2620 - Developing Secure Systems
- TELCOM 2811 - Hacking for Defense
- INFSCI 2621 - Security Management and Computer Forensics
- CS 2053 - Applied Cryptography and Network Security
- CS 2530 - Computer and Network Security
- CS 3525 - Advanced Topics in Security and Privacy
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs courses
- PIA 2156 - Law, Policy & the Internet
- PIA 2379 - Introduction to Cyber Crimes
- PIA 2360 - Cyber Security Policy
- PIA 2389 - Criminal Operations in the Cyberworld
- PIA 2327 - Terrorism and Counter Terrorism
- PIA 2346 - Introduction to American Intelligence
- PIA 2365 - Transnational Crime
- PIA 2041 - Policy Analysis for Cybersecurity & Intelligence Studies
- PIA 2471 Espionage, Surveillance, and Secret Information in International Affairs