Individual or group projects involving faculty-directed study of bilingual speech-language pathology for students who wish to explore the topic in greater depth than is covered in the required curriculum.

Topics include general security principles and practices, network and system security, access control methodology, and cryptography. Students develop a basic cryptographic system based on sound mathematical principles, elaborate on its features and refine it, and experiment with various ways to attack it. Some programming required.

Presents an iterative methodology for developing software systems. Development activities include requirements elicitation and analysis, system and object design, implementation and testing, project and configuration management, infrastructure maintenance, and system deployment to end user. Students work in teams, assume developer roles, build models of a real-world system, and deliver a proof-of-concept or prototype.

Students work in teams to explore and practice various system integration techniques to address requirements, software and hardware acquisitions, integration issues, and acceptance testing. Specific focus is given to diagnosing and troubleshooting systems interoperability and interface integration issues. Students develop project plans and study the influence of business processes and culture on system architecture decisions. Studied techniques are compared and contrasted to derive lessons learned, best practices, and critical success factors.