Cybersecurity Collaborative Specialization

Launched in 2023, the Cybersecurity Collaborative Specialization is housed under the co-leadership of IPIS and the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA). This is an exciting new initiative that will create a pan-University teaching collaborative network in partnership with five departments, including IPIS, NPSIA, Systems and
Computer Engineering (SCE), School of Information Technology (SIT), and School of Computer Science (SCS). The CS builds on Carleton’s internationally recognized excellence in the many and diverse facets of cybersecurity. Working alongside professors from across the disciplines and with private and public sector cybersecurity stakeholders from across Canada, students participating in this specialization will grapple with building stronger technological systems, processes, and platforms, and developing international norms, laws, and standards for cyberspace, and better consider the nexus between human rights, governance, security, and technology. Students completing the Cybersecurity Collaborative Specialization will appreciate the science and the social science of cybersecurity, blending multidisciplinary knowledge of technology and engineering with law, governance, economics, and policymaking.

Course Sequencing

IPIS has been reserved three individual slots in the Cyber CS. Joining the initiative will entail completing 1.5 credits in designated cybersecurity courses over your degree program, including CYBR 5000, a full year, 1.0 credit course, and one additional 0.5 credit cybersecurity elective offered by one of the five participating departments. In essence, participating in the CS will mean IPIS students will have far fewer choices in selecting traditional electives given the requirement to also complete three cyber-related credits. For details see the IPIS calendar listings.

How to Apply

Applicants do not apply directly to the Specialization. Instead, they apply to the primary Master’s program and, upon acceptance, express their interest in joining the Specialization to ipis@cunet.carleton.ca.