Master of Science - Network Engineering and Security

Program Description

The MS in Network Engineering and Security trains professionals who meet current industry demands for innovative network designs, and the development of new network applications and services for business enterprises and the network providers that serve them. This program offers theoretical and applied study of the design, configuration and management of converged communication networks.

Learning Outcomes

​Students will be able to:

• Describe the operations and metrics of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing, including the BGP path selection process.
• Contrast IPv6 and IPv4 routing, including protocol headers, routing protocols, subnetting, tunneling and translation mechanisms.
• Describe and compare Quality of Service (QoS) techniques for providing differentiated treatment of Voice over IP (VoIP) and data packet flows.
• Design a fault-tolerant network and identity protocols to implement and manage these networks.
• Explain methods used for authentication and integrity in public-key encryptions systems, including digital signatures and PKI.
• Explain and demonstrate the operations of an Intrusion Detection System (IDS), including writing IDS rules.