Course Description
Students are permitted to enter businesses, governmental agencies, or other organizations for the purposes of obtaining practical and applied information security management experience. A paper or suitable project associated with a description and analysis of this experience is required.
Athena Title
Internship Information Secur
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in MIST 4800, MIST 4801
Non-Traditional Format
This course is designated for undergraduate internship and does not meet formally.
Prerequisite
Permission of department and MIST 5640 or MIST 5770 or MIST 5775/7775 or MIST 5785
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Course Objectives
This course is designed to reinforce information security concepts introduced in the classroom, to offer practical experiences, on-the-job training and exploration of career opportunities in the field of information security management. This course fulfills the following specific objectives: • To help students compete more effectively in the job market; • To enable students to put into practice material learned in information security courses; • To enable students to evaluate a career in information security; • To provide students with the opportunity to improve their professional skills.
Topical Outline
This course is designated for undergraduate internship and does not meet formally.