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The MS degree program is designed to provide non-lawyer business professionals and policymakers a command of the legal and policy issues shaping the global information marketplace.
WHY PURSUE AN MS DEGREE IN IT AND PRIVACY LAW?
- Develop specialized expertise
- Enhance your marketability
- Broaden your networking opportunities
No matter what direction your career may take, you will be confronted with issues involving technology and privacy every day. The Center for Information Technology and Privacy Law offers a variety of courses and programs in that can help you develop marketable skills for today's technology-driven world.
Whether you are involved in business, government, education, IT management, corporate privacy, regulatory compliance, law enforcement, health care, or the social sciences, we can help you design a course track for a specialized MS degree that will meet your needs and career trajectory.
Our dynamic and up-to-date curriculum provides a solid foundation and specialized knowledge in information technology and privacy law and policy. Our students come from all backgrounds. No technical expertise is required.
WHAT WE DO: In short, we examine the influence of technology on all areas of law and practice from both practical and scholarly perspectives. Unique to the program is our emphasis on privacy-related issues across the curriculum. Current controversies involving identity theft, financial privacy and security, global commerce, e-discovery, cyber-terrorism, mobile workforce, social networking, online defamation, consumer privacy, are all at the core of what we do. Our substantive scope encompasses the expanse of issues that arise at the convergence of technology and law.
Five core required courses form the foundation of the MS degree program. More than 20 elective courses round out the curriculum and allow students to either gain broad exposure to IT and privacy law and policy or focus a specialized area such as information management, public policy, global commerce, consumer privacy, corporate privacy, litigation support, or law enforcement. The MS degree program requires completion of 24 credit hours. Full- and part-time options are available allowing students to complete the degree requirements in as little as one calendar year.
MS applicants must be a graduate of an accredited college or university, holding at least a bachelor's degree, or a graduate of a foreign educational institution, holding at least the equivalent of an American four-year degree. Additional requirements apply to foreign applicants.
Please use the link to the right to request more information about the MS Degree in Information Technology and Privacy Law.
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