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Information Assurance Major BAS

Metropolitan State University offers a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in information assurance (IA).  Only students who have graduated with an AAS degree from an approved community/technical college program may pursue this major. Metropolitan State University has had its curriculum certified by the National Security Agency (NSA) in pursuit of a designation as an Academic Center of Excellence.  The Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education Programs are intended to promote higher education opportunities in information assurance to produce more professionals with information assurance expertise in various disciplines. 

Under the Information Assurance program, four-year colleges and graduate-level universities apply to the NSA to be designated as Centers of Academic Excellence in IA Education. Each applicant institution passes a rigorous review demonstrating its commitment to academic excellence in IA education. Applicants are evaluated against stringent criteria for measurement based on IA training standards set by the Committee on National Security Systems.

Admission Requirements

• Must have completed an approved AAS degree as stipulated in the articulation agreement
• GPA of 2.5 or higher in AAS
• Completion of an approved BAS Degree Plan 

Requirements

The degree requirements have four components:

1. General Education and Liberal Studies

   Students in degree programs at Metropolitan State University must complete while at the university, or transfer to the university, a number of courses to meet general education and liberal studies requirements. View General Education and Liberal Studies (GELS) for Metropolitan State University.

   The following three courses are recommended GELS courses to be used towards Goal V or Liberal studies.

   • PSYC 303 Artificial Intelligence
   • PSYC 317 Human Factors
   • PSYC 319 The Impact of Technology on Human and Organizational Behavior
     
     
2. COM Foundation Courses (16 credits)
   
   
   • *MIS 100 Fundamentals of Information Technology in Organizations (FITO)
   • MATH 115 College Algebra (or higher)
   • STAT 201 Statistics I
   • *ACCT 210 Financial Accounting
     
     
3. Business Core Courses (12 credits)
   
   
   • MGMT 310 Management Principles and Practices
   • MIS 310 Principles of MIS
   • MKTG 455 Supply Chain Management
     
     
4. Required Upper-division Courses(28 credits)
   
   
   • MIS 320 Information Systems Analysis and Design
   • MIS 335 Management and Use of Databases
   • MIS 412 Administration of the MIS Function
   • MIS 450 MIS Auditing, Security Controls and Incident Management
   • MIS 462 Distributed Computing
   • MIS 467 Telecom and Internet Management
   • MIS 498 Telecom Economics and Policy Capstone