Core Courses

Core courses establish the necessary background and a common competence level in each of the four thematic areas. Students must take at least one core course from each of the Concentration areas below for a total of 48 units minimum.

Data and Analytics

• 05-834  Machine Learning in Practice (fall/spring)
  • (Note: Students in the Data and Analytics Concentration may not take 05-834)
• 08-640 Dynamic Network Analysis (spring)

• 10-601/10-701 Machine Learning (fall)
  • (Note: Students may not take both 05-834 and 10-601/701)

Politics and Strategy

• 84-605 The Future of Warfare (fall)
• 84-687 Technology and Policy of Cyber War (spring)

Information Security

• 17-631 Information and Security Policy (fall)
  • (Note: Students in the Security Concentration may not take 08-631)
• 18-487 Introduction to Computer Security & Applied Crytography
  
  • (Note:  This course has a prerequisite of 15-213/513 which may be taken in the summer prior to arriving at CMU.)
• 18-631 Introduction to Information Security (fall)

(Note:  Students may only take one of the courses 08-731, 18-487 or 18-631.)

Software and Networked Systems

• 17-655  Software Architecture (spring)
  • (Note: Students may not take both 17-638 and 17-655.)
• 15-640 Distributed Systems (fall/spring limited slots)
• 15-641 Computer Networks (spring)

• 17-638 Software Architectures for Managers (spring 2nd half mini)
  • Paired with...
• 17-610 Risk Management for Software Intensive Projects (fall 1st half mini, spring 2nd half mini)

  OR

• 95-884 Network Defenses (fall 1st half mini, spring 1st half mini)
  • (Note: Students in the Software and Network Concentration may not use 17-638, 17-610  and 95-884 for their core requirement.  17610 and 95-884 may be used toward concentration requirements.)