CSE/CJ 429 Interdisciplinary Topics in CyberSecurity
Fall 2008

MSU has a unique collaboration among six colleges in the important, emerging
field of CyberSecurity.  This course pulls faculty from six colleges to provide
at least six different perspectives on this broad topic.  In this course you 
will be exposed to the technical, legal, criminal, business, and communication
aspects of CyberSecurity.

Credits: 3
Prerequisites: CSE 101 or equivalent
Time: Tu 4:10-7:00pm 
Room: 122 Berkey (77 capacity)
URL: http://www.cse.msu.edu/~cse429

Coordinator: 
  Rich Enbody          enbody@cse.msu.edu    EB 3145
  Office hour: Tu 3-4 PM 

Instructors 
  The speakers varies each semester and includes external speakers, 
  and is not finialized at this point.  

Grading: midterm + final + short paper + paper
           36%   +  36%  +    8%       + 20%
        Course Grade: 93% and above is a 4.0; 85% - 92% is a 3.5; 80% - 84% is a 3.0, etc.

Exams:
  Format will be mostly short answer.
  Midterm: Oct 14 
  Final: Dec  10 (Wednesday) 5:45pm - 7:45pm  (covering topics after midterm)

Short Paper:
  Analyze "Sting" and "Minority Report" with respect to security issues.
  2 pages. Due November 1

Paper:
  Proposed Topic due October 14;  Paper due Novmber 25.
  Any topic related to cybersecurity will be acceptable, subject to approval 
  by Dr. Enbody.  The purpose of this paper is to strectch ones knowledge of 
  cybersecurity out of ones comfort zone.  This description is purposefully 
  vague in order to allow a wide variety of topics.  To encourage that breadth, 
  I will not be making suggestions, but instead I will engage in a dialog 
  based on the student's starting point of interest.
  Length will be limited to 5 pages (it is usually much harder to write
  a good short paper than a long one).
  Plagiarism on the paper will earn a zero grade in the course.