The request to revise ITIS 6150/8150

Date: February 19, 2014
To: College of Computing & Informatics
From: Office of Academic Affairs
Approved On: December 20, 2013
Approved by: Graduate Council
Implementation Date: Summer 2014

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ITIS 6150. Software Assurance. (3) Cross-listed as ITIS 8150. Prerequisite: ITIS/ITCS 6112, ITIS/ITCS 8112, ITIS 6177, ITIS 8177, ITIS 5221 or permission of department. An introduction to software assurance education and research. Topics include: the security of software across the development life cycle that addresses trustworthiness, predictable execution and conformance. Various aspects of secure software requirements, design, construction, verification, and validation, process and engineering management focused on as they relate to secure software development. Students gain hands-on experience in various techniques and tools as part of a semester-long project in addition to other assignments. (On demand)

ITIS 8150. Software Assurance. (3) Cross-listed as ITIS 6150. Prerequisite: ITIS/ITCS 6112, ITIS/ITCS 8112, ITIS 6177, ITIS 8177, ITIS 5221 or permission of department. An introduction to software assurance education and research. Topics include: the security of software across the development life cycle that addresses trustworthiness, predictable execution and conformance. Various aspects of secure software requirements, design, construction, verification, and validation, process and engineering management will be focused as they relate to secure software development. Students will gain hands-on experience in various techniques and tools as part of a semester-long project in addition to other assignments. (On demand)