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Master of Public Affairs Dual Degree Programs
Dual Master of Public Affairs and Master of Science in Cybersecurity Risk Management
The IU-Bloomington Cybersecurity Program and the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs offer a dual-degree program that qualifies students for a M.P.A./M.S. in Cybersecurity Risk Management. Study for the dual degree can be combined for a total of 51 credit hours instead of the 78 credit hours required for the two degrees taken separately. Neither degree will be awarded until the requirements for both degrees have been met. The M.P.A. requirements may be taken residentially or online.
Admissions Requirements
Requirements are the same as for the Master of Science degree except that students must also apply to the M.P.A. program at O’Neill and meet its established M.P.A. admissions criteria. Students must be accepted for admission to both units separately in order to be admitted to the program.
Cybersecurity M.S. Course Requirements (30 credit hours):
The M.S. in Cybersecurity Risk Management requires that students take six credits in law courses, six credits in business courses, six credits in informatics or computer science courses, nine credits from a list of elective courses (offered at Maurer, the Kelley School of Business, and the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering), and a three-credit Cybersecurity Risk Management Capstone course. In this combined degree, the Cybersecurity M.S. component uses both required MPA concentration courses and SPEA-V 540 to satisfy the required nine credits of electives.
At least 6 credit hours from Technical Cybersecurity courses offered at Luddy:
| CSCI-A 538 | Network Technologies and System Administration | (3 cr.) |
| CSCI-A 541 | Computing & Technology Bootcamp I | (3 cr.) |
| CSCI-A 542 | Technical Foundations of Cybersecurity | (3 cr.) |
| INFO-I 520 | Security for Networked Systems | (3 cr.) |
| INFO-I 521 | Malware: Threat & Defense | (3 cr.) |
| INFO-I 533 | Systems and Protocol Security and Info. Assurance | (3 cr.) |
| INFO-I 537 | Legal and Social Informatics of Security | (3 cr.) |
| INFO-I 538 | Introduction to Cryptography | (3 cr.) |
At least 6 credit hours from Information Technology Risk Management offered at Kelley:
| BUEX-C 533 | Data Warehousing & Visualization | (3 cr.) |
| BUEX-C 541 | Enterprise Systems | (3 cr.) |
| BUKD-C 522 | IT Technology for Managers | (3 cr.) |
| BUKD-C 548 | Managing Intellectual Property in Global Business | (3 cr.) |
| BUKD-T 501 | Big Data Technologies | (3 cr.) |
| BUKD-T 522 | IT Architecture | (3 cr.) |
| BUKD-T 560 | IT Risk Management | (3 cr.) |
| BUKD-T 578 | Cybersecurity Law & Policy | (3 cr.) |
| BUKD-T 579 | Information Systems Security | (3 cr.) |
At least 6 credit hours from Cybersecurity Law and Policy offered at Maurer (with BUKD-T 578 offered at Kelley):
| BUKD-T 578 | Cybersecurity Law & Policy | (3 cr.) |
| LAW-B 536 | Health Privacy Law | (2 cr.) |
| LAW-B 587 | Information Security Law | (3 cr.) |
| LAW-B 708 | Information Privacy Law I | (3 cr.) |
| LAW-B 728 | Information Privacy Law II | (3 cr.) |
| LAW-B 738 | Cybersecurity | (3 cr.) |
Three credit hours in a Cybersecurity Risk Management Capstone:
| BUS-L 589 | Information Privacy Law I | (3 cr.) |
| GRAD-C 516 | Information Privacy Law II | (3 cr.) |
Note: Although a Cybersecurity course, this course may count towards an elective course for the specialized concentration for the MPA and will fulfill the experiential requirement. If a student wishes to pursue this route, this course will not count towards the M.S. part of the dual degree.
The MPA Component of the Dual M.P.A./Cybersecurity M.S. Degree (30 credit hours)
O'Neill School M.P.A. Core Requirements (15 credit hours):
| SPEA-F 560 | Public Finance and Budgeting | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 502 | Public Management | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 506 | Statistical Analysis for Effective Decision Making | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 517 | Public Management Economics | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 540 | Law and Public Affairs | (3 cr.) |
Specialized Concentration or Focus Area (15 credit hours):
Choose two of the following courses (6 credit hours):
| SPEA-I 519 | Database Management Systems | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-I 516 | Public Management Information Systems | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-P 507 | Data Analysis and Modeling for Public Affairs | (3 cr.) |
In consultation with an advisor choose three course (9 credit hours) electives in a specialized area.