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    "description": "<p>The Master of Science in Cyber Security and Privacy program will provide <em>high-quality cybersecurity graduate education</em>, <em>advance cyber security and privacy research</em>, and address the issues of state, national and international cybersecurity. It provides students with an in-depth education geared toward meeting the needs of business and industry in Florida and throughout the United States.</p> <p>Students successfully completing this program will have exhibited breadth as well as depth of capability involving both theoretical aspects and practical considerations and applications of cyber security issues in software, hardware, operating system, and various networked devices.</p> <p>This program will be offered jointly by College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) (Department of Computer Science), College of Business, College of Graduate Studies (School of Modeling, Simulation, and Training), College of Sciences (Department of Psychology), College of Community Innovation and Education (Department of Criminal Justice). The degree will be housed in CECS due to its requirement for students with primarily STEM backgrounds.</p> <p>This <strong>Interdisciplinary</strong> <strong>Track</strong> of the Cyber Security and Privacy MS program is designed for students aiming to become managers or administrative personnel of cybersecurity and privacy operations. They will be required to take fundamental and core courses on cybersecurity and privacy, and can choose electives from fields including management and business, human factors, psychology and criminal justice.</p> <p>The Cybersecurity and Privacy MS program offers both a thesis and non-thesis option with each option requiring a minimum of 30 credit hours beyond the bachelor's degree. Both options require 9 credit hours of required core courses and 7 electives (21 credits). For this interdisciplinary Track, students can freely choose electives from management and business, human factors, psychology and criminal justice, depending on their interest and professional domains. The thesis option includes completing a thesis that is equivalent to 6 credit course hours of electives.</p> <p><strong>Total Credit Hours Required: 30 Credit Hours Minimum beyond the Bachelor's Degree</strong></p>",
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