The request to create ITIS 6420/8420

Date: April 1, 2013
To: College of Computing & Informatics
From: Office of Academic Affairs
Approved On: February 7, 2012
Approved by: Graduate Council
Implementation Date: Spring 2013

Note: Deletions are strikethroughs. Insertions are underlined.

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ITIS 6420. Usable Security and Privacy. (3) Prerequisite: ITIS 6200. Much of the work into security and privacy solutions ignore a critical element – the human who must interact with those solutions. In this course, we investigate privacy and security from a user-centered point of view. How do people think about privacy and security? How do they interact with current applications and solutions? What should be considered in designing user-friendly security systems? This course is designed to introduce students to a variety of usability and user interface issues related to privacy and security as well as examine potential designs and solutions. (On demand)

ITIS 8420. Usable Security and Privacy. (3) Prerequisite: ITIS 6200. Much of the work into security and privacy solutions ignore a critical element – the human who must interact with those solutions. In this course, we investigate privacy and security from a user-centered point of view. How do people think about privacy and security? How do they interact with current applications and solutions? What should be considered in designing user-friendly security systems? This course is designed to introduce students to a variety of usability and user interface issues related to privacy and security as well as examine potential designs and solutions. (On demand)