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• PSC 6400: Computer and Networking

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course covers concepts in the design and implementation of computer communication networks, their protocols, the applications, and advanced principles of computer networks. Security issues in communication networks will be also studied, including secure communication, authentication, firewalls and intrusion detection.
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• PSC 7350: Biometrics

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course concentrates on the unique advantages that biometrics brings to computer security, but also addresses challenging issues such as security strength, recognition rates, and privacy, as well as alternatives of passwords and smart cards. Students will gain knowledge in the building blocks of this field: image and signal processing, pattern recognition, security and privacy, and secure systems design. By the end of the course, students will be able to evaluate and design security systems that include biometrics.
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• PSC 7450: Cybersecurity Risk Mgt & Asses

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  In business today, risk plays a critical role. Almost every business decision requires executives and managers to balance risk and reward. This course introduces students to the strategic discipline of assessing, prioritizing, monitoring and controlling the impact of uncertainty on organizational objectives.
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• PSC 7550: Wireless Network and Security

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of the principles and concepts of wireless data network and security. Students will study wireless standards (such as IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n, ZigBee, 2G/3G/4G/LTE). The course will survey the state of the art in wireless networks and security. Students will also learn security and privacy issues associated with wireless networks. Various attacks against wireless networks and their defense strategies will be analyzed.
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• PSM 6450: Applied Cryptography

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  An introduction to cryptography with the number theory portion tied in. The following topics will be covered: Modular Arithmetic, Classical Cryptography, Public Key Cryptography, Introduction to Complexity, and their corresponding implementations in an appropriate computer programming language.
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• PSM 6750: Project Management

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course focuses on the management and change control for both general and IT-related projects. Technical and behavioral aspects of project management are applied within the context of an information systems development project.
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• PSM 7210: Database Systems

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course introduces the graduate student to fundamentals of database design and use. Through the analysis of business processes, students will create conceptual database designs, in MS-Visio - for example, via normalization and entity-relationship modeling. Students will prove their models by implementing them using Oracle's DDL SQL, and manipulate data in those structures using Oracle's DML SQL and PL/SQL (Procedural Language/SQL).
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• PSM 7600: Leadership & Professional Dev

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course is intended to prepare students for the leadership decisions and actions that are inherent in practice as well as every-day life issues. Professional and personal growth are discussed at great length and principles and applications of personal leadership practices will be explored in depth. Techniques for managing change and empowering others also are included in this course. Topics related to effective leadership are issues of communication, motivation, delegation, team building, and quality improvement. Finally, students will have the opportunity to perform a SWOT analysis on their business or self (whichever is applicable). This culminating activity is designed to strengthen the students' leadership abilities and skills.
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• PSM 7990: PSM Capstone Course

  6.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This internship course will enable students to apply knowledge and solve problems in the real workplace. This course will consist of the student aligning with a business or entity to complete a specific project of series of projects with the entity. The student will then identify the problem, design a solution and effectively communicate a working solution to the faculty and entity working with the student. During each stage of the process, students will receive feedback from faculty and the entity for which they are working.
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• PSYC 1000: Introduction to Psychology

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course provides an introduction to the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Topics covered in the course include the biological basis of behavior, research methods, learning, memory, human development, personality, social psychology, abnormal behavior, and the treatment of mental disorders.
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