Students in Catalog Years 2023-2024 and later must declare one of the available concentrations:

Cyber Security Engineering
Digital Forensics
Information Sciences and Technology
Information Systems
Mechanical Engineering

To change concentrations, please use the Change of Program (Graduate) form available from the Registrar's website.

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Concentration Directors

In addition to the administrative support of CECGS and your Faculty Advisor/Dissertation Director, each concentration also has a Concentration Director:

Cyber Security Engineering - Paulo Costa
Digital Forensics - Jim Jones
Information Sciences and Technology - Zhisheng Yan
Information Systems - Alex Brodsky
Mechanical Engineering - Jeffrey Moran

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Students who enter the program without a conferred concentration-relevant master’s degree:

Students in the Cyber Security Engineering, Digital Forensics, Information Sciences and Technology, and Information Systems concentrations must complete a concentration-relevant master’s degree. Students memorialize their Embedded Master's Degree in their first semester by submitting the Embedded Master's Application (Graduate) form found on the Registrar's website. Credits completed in the concentration-relevant Embedded Master’s Degree will count toward the 48 required credits of coursework. Please see AP.6.10 for more information.

- Cyber Security Engineering
  - Embedded Master's Degree choices include: Cyber Security Engineering, MS
- Digital Forensics
  - Embedded Master's Degree choices include: Computer Engineering, MS; Cyber Security Engineering, MS; Computer Science, MS; Digital Forensics, MS
- Information Sciences and Technology
  - Embedded Master's Degree choices include: Applied Information Technology, MS; Information Systems, MS
- Information Systems
  - Embedded Master's Degree choices include: Information Systems, MS
- Mechanical Engineering
  - Students in this concentration are not required to select a Embedded Master's Degree, but are encouraged to do so. Mechanical Engineering concentration students must carefully plan their course of study with their Faculty Advisor.

Students who enter the program with a conferred, concentration-relevant master’s degree:

- - May reduce their specialized coursework requirement by up to 35 credits with approval of the College of Engineering and Computing Office of Graduate Studies (CECGS) and their Concentration Director. See AP.6.5 Credit by Exam or Transfer.
  - Students that wish to request transfer credit should first email the Coordinator (Hugh Miller) at hmille15@gmu.edu. The Coordinator will initiate the Transfer of Credit form, which will be routed to the Concentration Director and the student for review.
  - Graduate Admissions must have an official copy of all relevant transcripts on file in order for a Transfer of Credit request to be initiated.
  - Students requesting transfer credit from an institution outside of the United States must obtain a course-by-course evaluation that includes credit and grade equivalencies. Click here for a list of agencies that GMU accepts evaluations from.