Georgia Tech Creates Cybersecurity Master’s Degree Online for Less Than $10k

Re:Georgia Tech Creates Cybersecurity Master’s Degree Online... by joshuamorton on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @08:04PM (#17770825)

What makes you think that a 600 level course at a top 10 CS program is equivalent to a 100 level course at a "serious" CS program?

(I graduated from GT but didn't take the undergrad version of intro infosec, which is 400 level and is likely crosslisted with the on campus 6035. I also don't think infosec was the most rigorous of courses from what I heard, but still)

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Re:Georgia Tech Creates Cybersecurity Master’s Degree Online... by tptacek on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @09:38PM (#17771220)

Because I went to the course site and read the syllabus and the prerequisites.

I agree that Georgia Tech is a top CS program. I don't think this is a top CS degree.

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Re:Georgia Tech Creates Cybersecurity Master’s Degree Online... by joshuamorton on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @10:21PM (#17771400)

I guess my point is, if you consider GT to be a top CS program, then the fact that undergrad intro infosec is a 400 level course (on the easy side, but 400 level), would imply that infosec isn't a 100 level concept (this makes sense, before you can start to understand secure vs insecure X, you first should just understand X, without security being an implication).

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Re:Georgia Tech Creates Cybersecurity Master’s Degree Online... by tptacek on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @10:46PM (#17771519)

My son just finished UIUC CS 125 (the programming intro class for non-majors) and he'd be fine with all the material I see in 6035. That's I guess how I'd sum it up.

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