Engineering (PhD) Cyberspace Engineering Concentration

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The Cyberspace concentration within the Ph.D. in Engineering aims to graduate engineering researchers who are capable of pushing the frontiers of engineering across the cyberspace domain.

Students without an undergraduate degree in an Engineering program take all three of the following:

ENGR 2203
ENGR 2213
ENGR 2223
and any other deficiency courses recommended by the Advisory Committee.

General Core Courses (9 SCH)

ENGR 6413: Formulation of Solutions To Engineering Problems 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 5743: Numerical Solution for Pde I 3 Semester Credit Hours
STAT 6203: Theory of Probability 3 Semester Credit Hours
or
STAT 6213: Theory of Statistics 3 Semester Credit Hours

Disciplinary Core Courses (12 SCH)

Select four (12 semester hours) of the following or closely related courses approved by advisory committee:

CSC 5423: Intro To Cyber Security 3 Semester Credit Hours
CSC 5433: Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime 3 Semester Credit Hours
CSC 5443: Applied Cryptography 3 Semester Credit Hours
CSC 5463: Access control Logic and Covert Channels 3 Semester Credit Hours
CSC 5473: Wireless and Mobile Security 3 Semester Credit Hours
CSC 5483: Reverse Engineering 3 Semester Credit Hours
CSC 5523: Distributed and Cloud Computing 3 Semester Credit Hours
CSC 5543: Advanced Networking 3 Semester Credit Hours
ELEN 5123: Electromagnetic Waves. 3 Semester Credit Hours
ELEN 5353: Advanced Topics in Microelectronics 3 Semester Credit Hours
ELEN 5653: Digital Signal Processing 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 4353: Introduction To Graph Theory 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 4603: Number Theory 3 Semester Credit Hours
PHYS 5113: Electromagnetic Theory 3 Semester Credit Hours

Qualifying Examinations

ENGR 685N: Written Qualifying Examination No credit Semester Credit Hours
ENGR 686N: Oral Comprehensive Examination No credit Semester Credit Hours

Doctoral Seminar (3 hours)

ENGR 6111: Dissertation Enhancement Seminar 1 Semester Credit Hours
All students must enroll in three ENGR 6111 over the course of the degree.

Independent Study and Special Topics (6 SCH)

A Ph.D. student must participate in 6 SCH of Doctoral Independent Study (ENGR 6501 ) under the supervision of a faculty member. Independent Study can be a preparation for the research leading to the dissertation.

Recommended Elective Courses (18 SCH)

In addition to the courses listed in the General and Disciplinary cores (above), a student may take any of the following elective courses. Courses not listed here or in the General and Disciplinary cores are also acceptable, provided they are approved by the Advisory Committee.

Choose four of the following:

CSC 5203: Adv Anal Algorithms and Complexity 3 Semester Credit Hours
CSC 5213: Advanced Computer Architecture 3 Semester Credit Hours
CSC 5303: Database Theory 3 Semester Credit Hours
CSC 5323: Adv Topics: Software Engineering 3 Semester Credit Hours
CSC 5793: Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery 3 Semester Credit Hours
CSC 5803: Advanced Data Mining, Fusion and Applications 3 Semester Credit Hours
ELEN 5333: Optoelectronics 3 Semester Credit Hours
ELEN 5613: Random Signals and Systems 3 Semester Credit Hours
ELEN 5673: Wireless Sensor Networks 3 Semester Credit Hours
ELEN 5723: Digital Control Systems I 3 Semester Credit Hours
ELEN 5733: Digital Control Systems II 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 5353: Graph Theory 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 5753: Numerical Solution for Pde II 3 Semester Credit Hours
PHYS 5123: Solid State Physics 3 Semester Credit Hours
PHYS 5403: Computational Methods in Physics Modeling and Simulation I 3 Semester Credit Hours
PHYS 5413: Computational Methods in Physics Modeling and Simulation II 3 Semester Credit Hours

Research and Dissertation (18 SCH)

Complete 9 SCH of ENGR 6511 prior to ENGR 686N . After successful completion of ENGR 686N , the student will beomce a PhD Candidate and will complete at least 9 SCH of ENGR 7511 . For ENGR 6511 or ENGR 7511 , registration in any quarter is for 1 to 3 semester hours or multiples thereof, up to a maximum of 9 semester hours per quarter.

ENGR 6511: Pre-Candidacy Doctoral Research 1-9 Semester Credit Hours

Total (66 SCH)

45 SCH of coursework + 3 SCH of doctoral seminar courses + 9 SCH of Pre-candidacy Doctoral Research + 9 SCH of Post-candidacy Dissertation Research = 66 SCH