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1. Welcome! Professor Hossein Saiedian EECS MSIT OrientationSpring 2018

2. Outline • Who is Who • MS Program Completion Criteria • Certificate Completion Criteria • Essential Resources at the Edwards Campus • Concluding Remarks EECS MSIT Orientation

3. Who is who [1/4] Doug Girod, Ph.D., KU Chancellor Michael S. Branicky, Sc.D., Dean, School of Engineering Victor S. Frost, Ph.D., Chair, EECS EECS MSIT Orientation

4. Who is who [2/4] • Hossein Saiedian, Ph.D., Professor and Associate Chair, Director of the IT Programs • Advising, plan of study decisions, suggestions for resources and improvement, concerns, etc. EECS MSIT Orientation

5. Who is who [3/4] • MSIT faculty – tenure track faculty • Blake Bryant, MS, KU, Ph.D. candidate • Fengjun Li, Ph.D., Penn State • Bo Luo, Ph.D., Penn State • HosseinSaiedian, Ph.D., Kansas State, Assoc Chair • James Sterbenz, Ph.D., Washington University (St. Louis) EECS MSIT Orientation

6. Who is who [4/4] Ms. Pam Shadoin Administrative Staff EECS Graduate Studies Ms. Parveen Muzaffar, EECS admin. staff at the KUEC (assistance with admission, recruiting, orientation, info sessions, and promotional meetings) EECS MSIT Orientation

7. The department (eecs.ku.edu) • Five undergraduate degrees • Four master’s degrees • Computer engineering • Computer science • Electrical engineering • Information technology • Two Ph.D. degrees (CS and EE) • 37 faculty • 350+ undergraduate and 220+ graduate students EECS MSIT Orientation

8. The MSIT program • Approved in 2006 • Targets the professional community in the KC metro area • Combines courses in computer science, computer networking, software engineering and management, and information security • Offered in its entirety at the KU Edwards Campus; all courses are offered during evenings • All courses are project oriented and include team presentations, student presentations, term papers, etc. • Web address: it.eecs.ku.edu/MSIT EECS MSIT Orientation

9. The student body • 40+ students in the program • Garmin, Cerner, Sprint, Honeywell, Hallmark, IBM, smaller organizations EECS MSIT Orientation

10. Outline • Who is Who • MS Program Completion Criteria • Certificate Completion Criteria • Essential Resources at the Edwards Campus • Concluding Remarks EECS MSIT Orientation

11. MSIT completion criteria • 30 credit hours • Course-only completion option now available • 10 courses (each 3 credit hours) EECS MSIT Orientation

12. Focus area requirements • Choose a focus areas • Cybersecurity • Software engineering • IT project management • For each focus area • Take five core (required) courses • Take five elective courses EECS MSIT Orientation

13. Focus area: Software Engineering and Management • Focuses on industrial-strength practices and modern concepts and methodologies in software development, management and maintenance; advance courses on software architecture, software quality assurance, requirements engineering, and project management EECS MSIT Orientation

14. Focus area: Software Engineering and Management • Required (core) courses • IT810: Principles of Software Engineering • IT814: Software Quality Assurance • IT818: Software Architecture • IT780: Computer Networks • IT811: IT Project Management • Elective courses (select five) • IT746: Database Management Systems • IT710: Information Security and Assurance • IT714: Information Security and Cyber Laws • IT711: Security Management and Audit • IT712: Network Security • EMGT806: Finance for Engineers • EMGT821: Strategic Analysis of Technology Projects EECS MSIT Orientation

15. Focus area: Information Security and Assurance • Focuses on technical knowledge and practical skills in the science and methodologies for identifying important information assets, securing and protecting such assets, and assuring their availability for authorized users EECS MSIT Orientation

16. Focus area: Information Security and Assurance • Required (core) courses • IT710: Information Security and Assurance • IT711: Security Management and Audit • IT712: Network Security • IT780: Communication Networks • IT811: IT Project Management • Electives course(select five) • IT746: Database Management Systems • IT714: Information Security and Cyber Laws • IT810: Principles of Software Engineering • IT814: Software Quality Assurance • IT818: Software Architecture • EMGT806: Finance for Engineers • EMGT821: Strategic Analysis of Technology Projects EECS MSIT Orientation

17. Focus area: IT Project Management • Focuses on managing IT projects: planning, scheduling, risk management, cost and effort estimation, personnel management, stakeholder management, procurement management, communication management; finances and strategic management of IT projects, heavily uses the PMBOK concepts EECS MSIT Orientation

18. Focus area: IT Project Management • Required (core) courses • IT811: IT Project Management • IT711: Security Management and Audit • IT810: Principles of Software Engineering • EMGT806: Finance for Engineers • EMGT821: Strategic Analysis of Technology Projects • Electives course (select five) • IT746: Database Management Systems • IT710: Information Security and Assurance • IT714: Information Security and Cyber Laws • IT711: Security Management and Audit • IT780: Computer Networks • IT712: Network Security • IT814: Software Quality Assurance • IT818: Software Architecture EECS MSIT Orientation

19. EECS802: Colloquium • Required for all MS and Ph.D. students, to be taken in the first or the second semester • Objective: to broaden your knowledge and vision • Requirements: attend at least 10 talks that feature speakers from industry, government, or universities (including graduate students’ thesis or dissertation defenses) on topics related to computing, leadership, management and planning skills, diversity in computing and IT organizations, etc • Outcome: A short 1-page report, summarizing the talk and documenting the speaker, place, sponsor, date • Professor Saiedian will send course syllabus with more details EECS MSIT Orientation

20. Preparing a plan of study • Early in the program (the first semester); must be in place before the second semester • To plan your MSIT program • Visit with Prof. Saiedian • Choose a focus area • Decide on courses: what and when (tentative) • Submit online: http://gradplan.engr.ku.edu EECS MSIT Orientation

21. Advising in each semester • Plan of Study is submitted once (may be modified later) • Advising form is submitted every semester • Before registration • To remove advising holds • Form available online • Visit with or send an email to Prof. Saiedian Subject: Hold removal for Your Name To: saiedian@ku.edu, pshadoin@ku.edu EECS MSIT Orientation

22. Outline • Who is Who • MS Program Completion Criteria • Certificate Completion Criteria • Essential Resources at the Edwards Campus • Concluding Remarks EECS MSIT Orientation

23. Certificate completion • The graduate certificate courses are MSIT courses • Each certificate program requires four courses to complete • One can obtain a certificate as short as one year by taking all four courses during that year EECS MSIT Orientation

24. Cybersecurity certificate completion • Core courses (3 courses, 9 credit hours) IT 710: Information Security and AssuranceIT 711: Security Management and AuditIT 712: Network Security and its Application • Elective courses (one of the following courses) IT 714: Information Security and Cyber LawsIT 780: Communication NetworksIT 811: IT Project Management Spring 2018 Spring 2018 Spring 2018 Spring 2018 EECS MSIT Orientation

25. SE certificate completion • IT 810: Principles of Software EngineeringIT 814: Software Quality AssuranceIT 818: Software ArchitectureIT 811: IT Project Management Spring 2018 EECS MSIT Orientation

26. Leave of absence • Will be gone during a semester? • Must file for a leave of absence • Must reactivate KU account when returned EECS MSIT Orientation

27. KU incomplete grade policy • “Incomplete (I) grades are used to note, temporarily, that students have been unable to complete a portion of the required course work during that semester due to circumstances beyond their control.” • “Incomplete work must be completed and assigned an A-F or S/U grade within the time period prescribed by the course instructor. After one calendar year from the original grade due date, an Incomplete (I) grade will automatically convert to a grade of F or U, or the lapsed grade assigned by the course instructor.” EECS MSIT Orientation

28. Academic integrity/dishonesty policy • The faculty use the definitions and consequences of institutional academic integrity • “Academic dishonesty includes  giving or receiving of unauthorized aid on examinations or in the preparation of assignments or reports, knowingly misrepresenting the source of any academic work, falsification of research results, and plagiarizing of another's work.” EECS MSIT Orientation

29. KU’s commitment to DEI • KU's Diversity Policy Statement. “As a premier international research university, the University of Kansas is committed to an open, diverse and inclusive learning and working environment that nurtures the growth and development of all. KU holds steadfast in the belief that an array of values, interests, experiences, and intellectual and cultural viewpoints enrich learning and our workplace. The promotion of and support for a diverse and inclusive community of mutual respect require the engagement of the entire university.” EECS MSIT Orientation

30. KU’s statement on sexual harassment •  The University of Kansas prohibits sexual harassment and is committed to preventing, correcting, and disciplining incidents of unlawful harassment, including sexual harassment and sexual assault. Sexual harassment, sexual violence, and a hostile environment because of sex are forms of sex discrimination and should be reported. • “Sexual Harassment” means behavior, including physical contact, advances, and comments in person, through an intermediary, and/or via phone, text message, email, social media, or other electronic medium, that is unwelcome; based on sex or gender stereotypes; and is so severe, pervasive and objectively offensive that it has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with a person’s academic performance, employment or equal opportunity to participate in or benefit from University programs or activities or by creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive working or educational environment. EECS MSIT Orientation

31. Communication with faculty Subject: xxx: project # Professor Luo, <Body of the email … > John Smith j.smith@ku.edu 913-123-1234 Attachment: My Project.doc Smith-xxx-Project#.pdf EECS MSIT Orientation

32. Avoid Rework: Follow the instructors’ guidelines • Term papers: Acceptable references, organization, bibliographic style, format, word size, … • Assignments/projects: Format, standards, organization, paper vs electronic submission, … • Presentations: Format, organization, unique slide titles, slide #, references, … • Exams: Answer in allotted space, … EECS MSIT Orientation

33. Related websites • http://it.eecs.ku.edu/MSIT • http://www.eecs.ku.edu/ • http://edwardscampus.ku.edu/ • http://people.eecs.ku.edu/~saiedian/ EECS MSIT Orientation

34. Outline • Who is Who • MS Program Completion Criteria • Certificate Completion Criteria • Essential Resources at the Edwards Campus • Concluding Remarks EECS MSIT Orientation

35. KU Overland Park (KUEC) • State of the art of classrooms (fully equipped with computers, projectors, DVD and VCR players, sound system, accessible network files, Internet access, HDMI connections, etc) EECS MSIT Orientation

36. KU Edwards Campus resources [1/2] • Several computing labs • KU Writing Lab (www.writing.ku.edu) • Offer help in writing thesis and technical papers • ACM Digital Library (portal.acm.org) • IEEE Xplore (ieeexplore.ieee.org) • Available to KU students EECS MSIT Orientation

37. KU Edwards Campus resources [2/2] • A variety of other student services • Bookstore • KU ID • Financial aid • Career planning (including career fairs) • Enrollment help • … • Presented by the KUEC staff during the earlier part of today’s orientation; let me know if you still need help EECS MSIT Orientation

38. Enrollment help • Go to BEST 160 for enrollment • Register for IT811 (required for all MSIT focus areas; recommended for certificate programs) • MSIT students: Also consider EECS802 • More courses? Cybersecurity certificate students may also consider IT711 and/or IT714 and/or IT712 EECS MSIT Orientation

39. Outline • Who is Who • MS Program Completion Criteria • Certificate Completion Criteria • Essential Resources at the Edwards Campus • Concluding Remarks EECS MSIT Orientation

40. Concluding remarks • An MS degree from KU is a prestigious degree • Highly respected by local, regional, and national organizations • The degree is prestigious, but it is also challenging and requires hard work, uninterrupted attention, self-confidence, and dedicated efforts • The process is mutually enjoyable, educational, fun, and rewarding EECS MSIT Orientation

41. Thank you! • Questions are welcome EECS MSIT Orientation