INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE SECURITY

COMPSCI 272

Introduces methods and tools for creating/maintaining secure and interactive web content. Topics include programming fundamentals to support core web concepts, application development essentials, and content management systems. Web best practices - such as accessibility, design, and critical thinking about relevant ethics and organization. Covers practical skills to design and implement websites using popular scripting languages and frameworks, content management systems (CMSs), and related tools.

COMPSCI 200

Learn the process of incrementally developing small (200-500 lines) programs along with the fundamental Computer Science topics. These topics include: problem abstraction and decomposition, the edit-compile-run cycle, using variables of primitive and more complex data types, conditional and loop-based flow control, basic testing and debugging techniques, how to define and call functions (methods), and IO processing techniques. Also teaches and reinforces good programming practices including the use of a consistent style, and meaningful documentation. Intended for students who have no prior programming experience.

COMPSCI/ECE 506

Ideas and techniques for designing, developing, and modifying large software systems. Topics include software engineering processes; requirements and specifications; project team organization and management; software architectures; design patterns; testing and debugging; and cost and quality metrics and estimation. Students will work in large teams on a substantial programming project.

COMPSCI 642

Senior level undergraduate course covering various topics on information security. Covers a wide range of topics, such as cryptographic primitives, security protocols, system security, and emerging topics. Elementary knowledge of mathematical logic and discrete probability theory needed, such asMATH/​COMP SCI  240.

COMPSCI/ECE 782

Security and privacy issues in software, networks, and hardware systems. Security vulnerabilities, privacy threats, threats modeling, and mitigation strategies. Privacy issues related to user interaction with devices, online systems, and networks. In addition, a selection of more advanced topics will be covered. Possible examples include applied cryptography in the context of systems, security and privacy policies, user authentication, and cyber-physical systems. Builds on prior experiences with one or more of the following: networking, security, modern machine learning, embedded systems, and mobile computing.