PROPOSAL FOR

NEW PROGRAM SUBMITTED BY A UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND

INSTITUTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 11-206.1 OF THE ANNOTATED

CODE OF MARYLAND

[University of Maryland University College]{.underline}

Institution Submitting Proposal

[Bachelor of Science in Information Assurance;
0702.10;11.0401]{.underline}

Title of Program; Proposed HEGIS and CIP Codes

[School of Undergraduate Studies]{.underline} [Mary Ellen Hrutka, Vice
Provost and Dean]{.underline}

Department in Which Program Department Contact

Will Be Located

[Bachelor of Science]{.underline} [August 2007]{.underline}

Degree Awarded Proposed Initiation Date

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Signature of President or Designee Date

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Date Received by Commission

A.  **Mission**

The mission of University of Maryland University College (UMUC) is to be
the Open University of the state of Maryland and the United States. The
University **in its entirety** has but one focus -- the educational
needs of the nontraditional student.

The proposed degree in information assurance offers new opportunities
for a large segment of nontraditional students: those in federal, state,
regional, and local government as well as private industry and
non-profit organizations who are responsible for meeting regulatory and
legislative requirements for information assurance. With the
Washington-area base for federal homeland security agencies as well as
many technical industries, there is a significant opportunity for
employment and advancement of UMUC graduates in the local area. In
addition, our delivery worldwide and online will provide students in
Maryland and around the world with academic credentials in an
established discipline.

The new degree aligns with UMUC's mission and continues the tradition of
quality academic programs for nontraditional students worldwide. It also
supports Goal 5 of the current *Maryland State Plan for Postsecondary
Education* (2004), which promotes "economic growth and vitality through
the advancement of research and the development of a highly qualified
workforce." The flexible delivery also addresses Goal 2, which calls for
"accessibility" including both institutional capacity and student access
to programs.

In addition, the Maryland Cybersecurity White Paper, "Defining the Role
of State Government to Secure Maryland's Cyber Infrastructure," (1
November 2006, Governor's Office of Homeland Security) identifies six
objectives to meet Maryland cybersecurity needs. Objective IV is to
"increase the supply of Cybersecurity expertise within the State of
Maryland." Sub-objective 1 is to foster "academic institutions such as
the Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education"
to "increase the supply of highly qualified IT professionals."
Sub-objective 2 is to "Develop online learning as a resource for
Cybersecurity training."

B.  **Characteristics of the Proposed Program**

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1.  **Educational Objectives**

The major in information assurance offers a broad-based program of study
with emphasis on preparation of information systems security
professionals, senior system managers, and system administrators
responsible for information systems and security of those systems. This
training and study will prepare graduates to be leaders in information
assurance in both government and industry with a global outlook,
interpersonal skills, leadership and management skills, and discipline
awareness. The curriculum focuses on the practices, policies,
operational procedures and technology, and future of information
assurance. A required capstone course with practical application within
the discipline will give students an integrative experience applicable
to their current or another workplace.

2.  **Adequacy of Curriculum Design and Related Learning Outcomes**

The curriculum is designed to provide the new or experienced information
assurance manager with the knowledge and skills to be a leader in
information assurance in both government and industry. Successful
students will be able to advance to graduate programs in information
assurance, information security, homeland security, management and
leadership; and to fulfill discipline-specific certification
requirements from related professional associations. The curriculum is
based on the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) national
information assurance training standards. Reviews of existing and
proposed programs at other colleges and universities supported key
design concepts, and draft curriculum documents have been reviewed by
subject matter experts.

The student who graduates with a major in information assurance will be
able to:

-   Identify the terms, functions and interrelationships among the
    hardware, software, firmware, and other components of an information
    system

-   Demonstrate a working knowledge of the principles and practices of
    information security.

-   Develop policies and procedures to ensure information systems
    reliability and accessibility and to prevent and defend against
    unauthorized access to systems, networks and data.

-   Conduct risk and vulnerability assessments of planned and installed
    information systems to identify vulnerabilities, risks, and
    protection needs

-   Develop systems security contingency plans and disaster recovery
    procedures

-   Develop and maintain strategic information assurance plans

-   Establish metrics to measure and evaluate systems performance and
    total cost of ownership

-   Identify and address IT workforce planning and management issues,
    such as recruitment, retention and training

These outcomes will be assessed in accordance with the School of
Undergraduate Studies Assessment Plan. Course learning objectives are
coordinated with and mapped against the objectives for the program, and
program-level assessment takes place in required courses. Assessment,
for both content knowledge and integrative analysis, will be conducted
as determined by the department in consultation with the Office of
Outcomes Assessment. The program will also be reassessed every five
years through the Academic Program Review process, including input from
an external reviewer, as well as analysis of student and faculty
evaluations.

The degree in information assurance requires 41 credits in general
education and 30 credits of major coursework, with remaining coursework
in minor or elective courses. Courses for the major include 18 credits
of required upper-level IFSM courses and 12 credits chosen from IFSM
offerings and appropriate course offerings from other disciplines, as
listed below.

**Required Foundation Courses** (9 credit hours)

IFSM 310 Software and Hardware Concepts (3)

IFSM 430 Information Systems and Security (3)

IFSM 450 Telecommunication Systems in Management (3)

**Required Core Courses** (9 credit hours)

IFSM 432 Disaster Recovery Planning (3)

IFSM 454 Information System Security Mechanisms (3)

IFSM 495 Information Assurance Capstone Course (3)

**Supplemental Courses** (12 credit hours)

Students must select four 3-credit courses from the following list:

IFSM 350 Wireless Telecommunications (3)

IFSM 431 Policy Planning for Security Architects (3)

IFSM 433 Information Security Needs Assessment and Planning (3)

IFSM 457 Cyberterrorism (3)

IFSM 459 Security Issues and Emerging Technologies

BMGT 305 Knowledge Management (3)

EMGT 312 Social Dimensions of Disaster (3)

Students will be encouraged to utilize discipline-specific lower-level
electives from associate's degree programs. They will also be able to
combine this major with a complementary minor such as business
administration, computer studies, or management studies.

**3. Demonstrable Quality of Program Faculty**

UMUC already has a substantial set of faculty with expertise in areas
related to information assurance, teaching in the information systems
management and related degree programs. A master's degree is the minimum
requirement to teach, but a large number of faculty members have
terminal degrees. In addition, a significant number of the faculty
teaching in this discipline hold information systems security
professional (CISSP) certifications. Teaching effectiveness is monitored
by class observation and student course evaluations. We are actively
recruiting additional faculty to expand offerings in areas related to
the information assurance major. The Washington DC area will be a strong
resource for faculty with this expertise.

**4. Student Audience to be Served by the Program**

The information assurance major responds to national and local
employment and career trends, potential student interest, regional
expertise in the discipline, and the needs of students currently
employed in the discipline. While the broad field of information systems
management has become familiar for university degrees, the focus on
information assurance and security is less common. In Maryland, only
Capitol College has a bachelor's degree in information assurance. UMUC's
already strong program in information systems management will provide
many of the courses, but the new degree will build on and strengthen the
focus established by our existing information assurance certificate to
respond to this emerging area of need.

Currently, there is a strong public and private focus both nationally
and internationally on protecting information \-- one of the most
valuable assets of any organization, whether public, private, or
government. Employment opportunities are increasing, both in new
positions and in the numbers employed in each type of position. The
Department of Defense Information Assurance workforce alone accounts for
almost 80,000 positions, with an additional 20,000 positions supplied by
supporting contractors (2005 Department of Defense FISMA report). The
Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) will have significant impact on the
Maryland workforce. Ft. Meade has announced an addition of approximately
10,000 positions in intelligence from its expansion plan; most of these
have an information assurance component.

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) will move from Arlington,
VA to Ft. Meade. The Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM)
will move from Ft. Monmouth, NJ to Aberdeen, MD. Currently, the US Army
has approximately half of its signal billets in the Washington
metropolitan area (source: US Army Signal Center Office of the Chief of
Signal). With these BRAC moves, Maryland itself may have half of all the
billets.

The Department of Defense (DoD) recently issued DoD instruction that
requires IA training and certification for military, civilian, and
contractor personnel performing IA functions. The program divides
personnel into IA Technical (IAT) and IA Management (IAM) categories.
The Information Assurance degree can assist those personnel in meeting
the regulatory and legislative requirements for such training.

A recent Eduventures report (August 2006) found that the IT workforce in
the DC metropolitan area is currently about 242,000 and that information
assurance/security is among the IT skills of most importance to these
and other employers in the region. Finally, a recent search of job
postings nationwide and in local Washington, DC papers indicates a large
number of open positions in information assurance and information
security.

Although this degree program is not targeted toward the entry-level
certifications (A+, Security+, and Network+), many individuals will
bring prior experience or transfer credit from the Maryland community
colleges that provides the foundations for those certifications. The IA
degree is focused on the IA Management skills needed by those who are or
will move into GS-2210 IA jobs or serve as contractors supporting those
job categories.

The proposed major is specifically designed to attract the following
groups of students, although it may be of interest to other student
populations as well:

1.  Adults working full-time in local, regional, state, and federal
    government entities and in the public and private sector who have
    information assurance and information security responsibilities.

2.  Adults working full-time in non-profit, trade, and professional
    organizations and private industry with a focus on information
    assurance and information security responsibilities.

3.  Transfer students from the Maryland community colleges with
    associate degree programs in information security, network security,
    and information assurance.

4.  Military personnel, both overseas and stateside, with
    responsibilities for information assurance and information security.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics identifies the
"most significant source of postsecondary education or training" as
"work experience in a related occupation." UMUC is well positioned to
respond to that expertise by serving the nontraditional student groups
identified above as well as recruiting local faculty and curriculum
developers in the field. Some of these students may already be pursuing
the existing certificate in information assurance. The program will also
provide a natural progression to related UMUC graduate degrees at both
the master's and doctoral level.

**5. Technology Fluency**

Technology fluency has been identified as a core learning area for UMUC
students and is assessed at the institutional level as well as
incorporated into all degree programs. All undergraduate degrees require
a General Education computing course whose learning outcomes are mapped
against the Board of Regents standards for technology fluency. In
addition, majors in the information assurance program have a
technological focus appropriate to the major. At present, most
undergraduate enrollments are online and all face-to-face courses are
required to enhance their classes using a related web classroom.
Students are encouraged to use online databases and the UMUC library's
extensive online holdings. UMUC's increasing level of technology in
online education is especially supportive of the professionals in the
this field who work with technology and in challenging work schedules
and environments.

**6. Library Resources**

The President assures that institutional library resources meet new
program needs.

**7. Facilities**

The President assures that institutional facilities meet new program
needs.

C.  **Finance**

In accordance with Section 11-206.1, programs developed under this
provision can be implemented within existing resources of the campus. In
submitting this program proposal, the institution\'s president certifies
that no new general funds will be required for implementation of the
program.

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| #                   |         |         |         |         |         |
|  TABLE 1: RESOURCES |         |         |         |         |         |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| Resources           | Year 1  | Year 2  | Year 3  | Year 4  | Year 5  |
| Categories          |         |         |         |         |         |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| 1.Reallocated Funds | 71,465  | 60,260  |         |         |         |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| 2\. Tuition/Fee     | 287,535 | 298,740 | 663,319 | 1,      | 1,      |
| Revenue             |         |         |         | 034,569 | 427,338 |
|                     |         |         |         |         |         |
| (c+g below)         |         |         |         |         |         |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| > a\. #F.T Students | 17      | 17      | 33      | 50      | 66      |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| > b\. Annual        | 7050    | 7332    | 7625    | 7930    | 8248    |
| > Tuition/Fee       | (in     |         |         |         |         |
| >                   | state)  | 14009   | 14569   | 15152   | 15758   |
| > Rate out-of       |         |         |         |         |         |
| > -state            | 13470   |         |         |         |         |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| > c\. Annual Full   | 145,530 | 151,200 | 328,009 | 519,274 | 709,588 |
| > Time              |         |         |         |         |         |
| >                   |         |         |         |         |         |
| > Revenue (a x b)   |         |         |         |         |         |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| > d\. \# Part Time  | 33      | 33      | 67      | 100     | 134     |
| > Students          |         |         |         |         |         |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| > e\. Credit Hour   | 235/449 | 244/467 | 254/486 | 264/505 | 275/525 |
| > Rate              |         |         |         |         |         |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| > f\. Annual Credit | 15      | 15      | 15      | 15      | 15      |
| > Hours             |         |         |         |         |         |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| > g\. Total Part    | 142,005 | 147,540 | 335,310 | 515,295 | 717,750 |
| > Time              |         |         |         |         |         |
|                     |         |         |         |         |         |
| ##                  |         |         |         |         |         |
| Revenue (d x e x f) |         |         |         |         |         |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| 3\. Grants,         |         |         |         |         |         |
| Contracts, &        |         |         |         |         |         |
|                     |         |         |         |         |         |
| Other External      |         |         |         |         |         |
|                     |         |         |         |         |         |
| Sources             |         |         |         |         |         |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| 4\. Other Sources   |         |         |         |         |         |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| TOTAL (Add 1 -- 4)  | 359,000 | 359,000 | 663,319 | 1,      | 1,      |
|                     |         |         |         | 034,569 | 427,338 |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+

+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| # TA                |         |         |         |         |         |
| BLE 2: EXPENDITURES |         |         |         |         |         |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| Expenditure         | Year 1  | Year 2  | Year 3  | Year 4  | Year 5  |
| Categories          |         |         |         |         |         |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| 1.  Total Faculty   | 112,500 | 112,500 | 112,500 | 112,500 | 112,500 |
|     Expenses        |         |         |         |         |         |
|                     |         |         |         |         |         |
| (b + c below)       |         |         |         |         |         |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| a.  \# FTE          | 1       | 1       | 1       | 1       | 1       |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| b.  Total Salary    | 90,000  | 90,000  | 90,000  | 90,000  | 90,000  |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| c.  Total Benefits  | 22,500  | 22,500  | 22,500  | 22,500  | 22,500  |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| 2.  Total           | 62,500  | 62,500  | 62,500  | 62,500  | 62,500  |
|     Administrative  |         |         |         |         |         |
|     Staff Expenses  |         |         |         |         |         |
|                     |         |         |         |         |         |
| > (b + c below)     |         |         |         |         |         |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| a\. \# FTE          | 1       | 1       | 1       | 1       | 1       |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| b.  Total Salary    | 50,000  | 50,000  | 50,000  | 50,000  | 50,000  |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| c.  Total Benefits  | 12,500  | 12,500  | 12,500  | 12,500  | 12,500  |
|                     |         |         |         |         |         |
| ##                  |         |         |         |         |         |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| 3.  Total Support   | 50,000  | 50,000  | 50,000  | 50,000  | 50,000  |
|     Staff Expenses  |         |         |         |         |         |
|                     |         |         |         |         |         |
| > (b + c below)     |         |         |         |         |         |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| a\. \# FTE          | 1       | 1       | 1       | 1       | 1       |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| b.  Total Salary    | 40,000  | 40,000  | 40,000  | 40,000  | 40,000  |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| c.  Total Benefits  | 10,000  | 10,000  | 10,000  | 10,000  | 10,000  |
|                     |         |         |         |         |         |
| ##                  |         |         |         |         |         |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| 4\. Equipment       | 15,000  | 15,000  | 15,000  | 15,000  | 15,000  |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| 5.  Library         | 16,250  | 16,250  | 16,250  | 16,250  | 16,250  |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| 6.  New or          |         |         |         |         |         |
|     Renovated       |         |         |         |         |         |
|                     |         |         |         |         |         |
| Space               |         |         |         |         |         |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| 7.  Other Expenses  | 102,750 | 102,750 | 204,000 | 306,750 | 408,000 |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| TOTAL (Add 1 -- 7)  | 359,000 | 359,000 | 461,500 | 575,500 | 688,000 |
+---------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+

2.  Assumes 1 Asst. Director, Academic Support

> 4\. Assumes 10k annual costs plus \$100 per new student

5.  Assumes 10K in startup materials and \$125 in new materials per
    student per year.

7\. Assumes \$100 per credit overhead, \$20 per student for outcomes
assessment,

and \$25 for course development.