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of the physical, data link control, ahead. Topics that are covered computing, computer crime, software
network, and transport layers, for include the computer systems theft, privacy, intellectual property
local and wide area networks. The components, the operating systems rights, autonomy, technology at the
course examines in detail analog and applications software. The workplace, technology and jobs, and
and digital signaling, analog and importance of networking, systems computer games, big data and AI,
digital conversions, data link control, analysis, databases, and software as well as new and emerging ethical
detection & correction, multiplexing, development are highlighted. issues related to technology and
local area networks (LANs), circuit In addition to that students are information.
switching, packet switching, network introduced to the principle of
protocols & standards, and error. electricity and circuit. The students ITE 499A Capstone Design
will also be introduced to different Project I
CSE 210 - Introduction to programming languages in general,
Cybersecurity Engineering with some emphasis on a Python. Credit Hour: 1
Prerequisite: Senior Level + SWE 401
Credit Hours: 3 ITE 399A - Internship/Project in + ITE 421
Prerequisite: ECT 200 IT-Part A ITE 499B Capstone Design
Cyber security engineering aims Credit Hours: 1.5 Project II
at developing secure systems Prerequisite: 60 Credit Hours
by combining various aspects of Credit Hours: 2
systems and software engineering, ITE 399B - Internship/Project in Prerequisite: ITE499A
and operational security. It covers IT-Part B The objective of this course is to
all processes from risk analysis, provide guided experience in wide
engineering security requirements, Credit Hours: 1.5 areas of Information Technology to
malware analysis to anticipate Prerequisite: 90 Credit Hours student teams working on capstone
future vulnerabilities, and planning This course focuses on getting the projects. The projects will integrate
ongoing improvements. The student practically involved in the various engineering skills into
course will initiate students to the day-to-day business events in a operational engineering prototypes.
basic concepts and terminology relevant, modern and automated The projects will emphasize problem
of cyber security, standards, organization. The student will follow a definition, design conceptualization,
DevOps, building organizational well-planned course of action during modeling, and testing and system
models, and how cyber security the period of training. The plan integration. The course is split into
is commonly addressed after the will be devised jointly by the site- two parts and is taken over two
design and implementation phases. supervisor and college- supervisor. semesters to allow students enough
It will help the students build up an The course will be a breakthrough time and improve the quality of their
understanding of how to integrate in exposing the students to the design project. ITE 499A is a pre-
cyber security tools/techniques professional work culture and requisite to ITE 499B
and best practices in the design conduct of business complexities.
processes of systems engineering. During the period of internship, MTT 202 - Discrete Structures
The course incorporates a capstone students will develop their abilities and Applications
project where students are given and skills through performing
the opportunity to practice cyber required tasks. Credit Hours: 3
security engineering knowledge, Prerequisite: STT 100
skills, and best practices in a realistic ITE 390 - Computer Ethics This course introduces the basic
development environment. foundations of logic, structures,
Credit Hours: 3
ECT 200 - Introduction to Prerequisite: CSC 202 algorithms, number theory,
Computing induction, recursion and relations
A study of the ethical and social with application in computer science
Credit Hours: 3 issues related to computers and and engineering. The course then
Prerequisite: No Prerequisite computer networks, big data, introduces students to graphs and
computer algorithms and Artificial trees and their use in modeling and
This course is meant to be an intelligence. This course examines analyzing computer science and
introduction to a variety of topics in the ethical issues arising from computer engineering problems.
the fields of information technology, advances in Information Technology Finally, the course presents the
computer and electrical engineering. and the responsibility that IT basics of Boolean Algebra and Finite
The course demonstrates the professionals and users have in Automata with applications.
importance of computers in our day- regard to ethical computer usage.
to-day life and the kind of challenges Topics covered are social impact of

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