Master of Information Systems Assurance Management (MISAM) – Course Form
Course Name
Prerequisites Corequisites
Required Assurance Specialization Courses
ISAM 512 Financial Accounting, Governance and
Assurance (3cr)
ISSM 542 or at
least one
undergraduate
financial
accounting
course.
ISAM 521 Information Systems Audit I (3cr)
None
ISAM 522 Information Systems Audit II (3cr)
None
ISAM 542 Fraud Examination: Theories and Methods None
(3cr)
ISAM 549 Auditing Theory and Application (3cr)
None
None
None
ISAM 521
ISSM 542 or ISAM 512
ISAM 512
Core Courses
ISSM 541 Management Accounting (3cr)
ISSM 543 Systems Development and Project
Management (3cr)
ISSM 521 TCP/IP Security (3cr)
ISSM 545 Security Policies, Standards and
Management (3cr)
ISSM 551 Disaster Planning and Recovery (3cr)
ISSM 553 Risk Management (3cr)
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
ISSM 521
None
None
None
None
None
ISSM 521
ISSM 521
None
None
None
None
ISSM 521
ISSM 521
None
None
None
None
None
None
Consent of
Department
ISSM 538
Consent of
Department
None
Electives (2)
ISSM 507 Organizational Behavior (3cr)
ISSM 525 Securing E-Commerce Infrastructure (3cr)
ISSM 531 Advanced Network Security (3cr)
ISSM 533 Cryptography and Secure Network
Communications (3cr)
ISSM 535 Firewall Fundamentals (3cr)
ISSM 536 Digital Forensics (3cr)
ISSM 561 Information Technology Law and Ethics
(3cr)
ISAM 563 IS Governance and Assurance and Case
Study (3cr)
Research Methodology Courses
ISSM 538 Research Methods I (3cr)
ISAM 558 Research Methods II (9cr)
ISAM 580/581 Final Research Project (9cr)
None
None