Colorado Technical University

Doctoral Degree Programs

• DCS - Concentration in Digital Systems Security

  The DCS in Digital Systems Security is offered through CTU’s Institute for Advanced Studies to
  develop leaders in the implementation, evaluation and analysis of digital systems in which security is a primary component.

  This 3-year Doctoral program is designed to help provide candidates with the theoretical, research and application capabilities necessary to pursue career opportunities in Digital Systems Security. The program includes twelve 5-credit instructional courses, taken one per quarter for three years, in addition to one research and writing class taken each quarter. Each class is taken online. Twice each year, students attend an intensive residential symposium lasting four and a half days.

  Coursework is focused on teaching students how to demonstrate expertise within a sub-discipline of Digital Systems Security by summarizing the state of the art, selecting an important problem, conducting research addressing the problem and extending current knowledge with the results. Students are challenged to make well-founded forecasts about future challenges and developments in Digital Systems Security. They are also be required to communicate their research results and prepare them for publication. Students have the option to complete a dissertation or four publishable papers as part of the DCS degree.

  Some of the required courses for this program include:

  • Foundations of Digital-Systems Security
  • Applications Security
  • Communication Security and Countermeasures
  • Software Architecture and Design
  • Project Management and Process Engineering
  • Futuring and Innovation

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• DCS - Concentration in Emerging Media

  Emerging Media is a multidisciplinary area that integrates content, communication, collaboration and creativity into strategies for effective business, entertainment, education and research use. The DCS in Emerging Media is offered through the CTU Institute for Advanced Studies to professionals interested in examining how social networks, new media, web science and virtual worlds will shape the future by bringing people, information and technology together.

  This 3-year Doctoral program focuses on the strategies and tactics needed to use Web technologies for the development of virtual communities, social networks, grassroots broadcasting, games and simulations, Web 2.0 tools, virtual economies and to manage security risks, such as information accountability and web privacy strategies. It includes twelve 5-credit instructional courses, taken one per quarter for three years, plus a research and writing class taken each quarter. Each class is taken online. Twice each year, students attend an intensive residential symposium lasting four and a half days.

  The curriculum examines how increasingly popular virtual communities can be woven into successful business strategies. Students will be challenged to investigate the strategic, social and financial implications of emerging media. They will also be required to communicate their research results and prepare them for publication.

  Some of the required courses for this program include:

  • Business Strategies for Social Media
  • Strategic Use of Virtual Worlds
  • Virtual and Cloud Computing Architectures
  • Virtual World Simulation
  • Web Science and Technology
  • Futuring and Innovation

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• DM - Concentration in Emerging Media

  Do you want to change the world? The Doctor of Management with a concentration in Emerging Media (DM-EM), offered through CTU’s Institute for Advanced Studies, is a multidisciplinary area designed to encourage your professional development in management through mentoring, action research, and practical projects, enabling you to make key leadership contributions in this incredibly fast-moving field. Now is the perfect time to become an expert and help shape the future of emerging media.

  Moving from research to content specialization to the ability to manage change, you’ll develop a leadership style that allows you to critically evaluate, analyze, and solve problems within emerging media. The program includes twelve 5-credit instructional courses, taken one per quarter for three years, plus a research-and-writing class taken each quarter. Courses are taught using Colorado Technical University’s Professional Learning Model™ in an executive format: each course combines an active online component with an intensive residential session held twice a year and lasting four days. Many newly formed as well as traditional career tracks can benefit from this degree.

  CTU does not guarantee employment or salary.

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