2019-2020 A.Y.
Master of Science Programs in joint with Politecnico di Milano
2.
PROGRAM STRUCTURE
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2.1.
Master of Cyber Risk Strategy and Governance (Cyber) – Joint Program with Politecnico of Milan
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2.1.1.
Educational objectives
The program is aimed at shaping professionals with the integrated expertise needed to respond to the increase in connectivity, availability of large quantities of data and the digitalization of organizations: these entail both opportunities in terms of ways of generating value, as well as the responsibility to protect the wealth of information available to companies. The interdisciplinary focus of the program - that combines elements of computer science with social sciences (including management, economics, finance) as well as analytical methods, law, social engineering, ethics and behavioral skills - allows graduates to interpret the potential challenges related to cyber issues and influence the strategic decisions of businesses and organizations where they will work. Specifically, the Master of Science in Cyber Risk Strategy and Governance qualifying goals are:
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2.1.2.
Career opportunities
Cyber Risk Manager
Role in a work setting In particular, they will:
Skills associated with the role Job opportunities
Data Protection and Security Manager Role in a work setting Such job profile is explicitly required by data protection regulations in Europe as well as around the world. In particular graduates will
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2.1.3.
Description of the educational path
The MSc in Cyber Risk Strategy and Governance is held entirely in English and is run in partnership (corso interateneo) by Università Bocconi and Politecnico Milano.
These semesters are characterized by a multi-disciplinary approach to tackle the key topics of the program. The second part of the program structure (year 2) includes seminars on ethics and for the development of behavioral skills and elective courses chosen by students to sharpen their professional profile in accordance with the main job profiles. Both Bocconi courses and Politecnico courses can be taken. Moreover, the program structure includes the following compulsory educational activities:
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2.1.4.
Program structure
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2.1.4.1.
Program structure for students initially enrolled starting from the 2019/2020 academic year
The program structure is valid for the students initially enrolled in the academic years of reference for this section.
NOTA:
Second year of studies
The courses subdivided in modules are considered passed, and may be recorded in the student academic career and certified, only after passing both exams of which it is made up. The final grade is obtained by the grade point average of the two marks compared to the credits and rounded up if decimals are equal or higher than 5, rounded down if they are lower than 5.
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2.1.4.2.
Second year of studies
At beginning of their 2nd year, students will be required to choose 4 electives (24 cpu in total) from a pre-defined list of courses offered by Bocconi and PoliMi to allow specialization according to the typical job profiles of the program (Cyber risk manager and Data protection and security manager). Last change 16/07/2019 09:53 |