Iowa State University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering offers a 100 percent online master’s degree program to help you advance your knowledge and career.

Students may join the program at the beginning of any semester and may take graduate courses in any order at a pace that suits their needs.  Classes are delivered online via digital streaming video.  Students may choose the day, time, and location to observe the class lectures allowing for maximum flexibility.

Admission Requirements

Application and admission requirements can be found on the Graduate College website and on the InfAs Program website .  Students may take up to 9 credits as a non-degree seeking student, so it is possible to begin your studies before formal admittance into the program. Choose Computer Engineering as your home department if you wish to complete the program entirely online.

Degree Requirements

The Masters of Science in Information Assurance consists of a total of 30 credit hours, typically with 18 credits from the core set of courses, 6 credits of research for a master’s degree with thesis or 3 credits of creative component or the capstone course for a master’s degree without thesis.  The remaining credits will be taken from a set of elective courses.

The Master of Science degree also requires a final oral exam on your research, creative component, or capstone experience. Students typically are allowed to transfer up to 6 credit hours of non-ISU graduate credit into their degree program. Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information.

More information on the core and elective courses can be found on the Information Assurance Program website .

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