College of Legacy Systems Management · School of Computer-Human Interaction
M.A. in Adversarial Social Engineering
A master's in talking to humans, the most adversarial environment known.
- Level
- Master
- Units
- 96
- Time to degree
- 1 to 4 seconds
- Format
- Asynchronous, fully parallel
Program overview
Coursework covers small talk, the weather, and how to end a conversation with someone who keeps saying "one more thing." Graduates report that the hardest target was always the help desk.
Required courses
- CHI 101 Introduction to Wetware Vulnerabilities
- CHI 230 Small Talk and the Weather
- CHI 240 That Sounds Really Hard: Advanced Listening
- BIS 130 Principles of Emotional Override and Logic Fragmentation
Suggested electives
- BIS 220 Scheduled Refueling: Meals, Snacks and the Third Coffee
- IDN 110 The Sign-Off
- GOV 150 Committees
General education core
- GENED 101 The Art of Subtle Reality Distortion
- GENED 102 Principles of Emotional Resonance
- GENED 103 Stamina and Persistence in Long-Form Interaction
Open credits
24 of this degree's 96 units are open. Students fill them however they see fit, and are not asked to explain.