The curriculum is comprised of three main components. The first is the core, which establishes the necessary common competence level. The second is a specialization, which builds upon the core.
Students choose a number of el ective courses to satisfy their chosen specialization.
The third component of the curriculum is the project or thesis which is addressed in this section. A major feature of the MSIN program is the thesis or final project. Students may ch oose between an individual thesis or participating in an intensive group design project, equivalent in rigor to a thesis. The group project offers students the opportunity to apply what they have learned about information networking in formal courses to solve typical information networki ng problems. Projects are based on real-world situations and allow students to gain experience in analyzing user needs and developing innovative information networking systems.