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Each course requires students to write a weekly 1 000-word essay based on research in their workplace; contribute to two online discussions a week write eight 500-word memos in response to examination questions and prepare a 5 000-10 000- word management report on relevant security issues for their managers. All weekly essay assignments include the option to suggest alternatives that may be more valuable to the student.  Fr4 The MSIA program consists of six six-credit 11-week courses over 18 months. Each course requires students to write a weekly 1 000-word essay based on research in their workplace; contribute to two online discussions a week write eight 500-word memos in response to examination questions and prepare a 5 000-10 000- word management report on relevant security issues for their managers. All weekly essay assignments include the option to suggest alternatives that may be more valuable to the student."},{"key":"e_1_2_1_5_1","unstructured":"Fr5 Grading in the MSIA assigns a zero score to any work with less than B-level quality. Any student with an overall score less than a B for a seminar is put on probation and must achieve an A in the next seminar to remain in the program.  Fr5 Grading in the MSIA assigns a zero score to any work with less than B-level quality. Any student with an overall score less than a B for a seminar is put on probation and must achieve an A in the next seminar to remain in the program."},{"key":"e_1_2_1_6_1","unstructured":"Fr6 Tardigrade any of a group of tiny arthropod-like animals characterized by four pairs of stubby legs ending in large claws a stout body rounded back and lumbering gait. They are also known as \"water bears.\" Tardigrades live worldwide in moist land habitats along rocky shorelines and on the bottoms of streams lakes and oceans. Their most striking feature is their ability to temporarily enter a nearly lifeless state known as anabiosis which helps them survive environmental extremes. About 400 species of tardigrades are known and they range in length from 0.1 to 0.5 mm (0.004 to 0.02 in). Tardigrades are most commonly found in association with the water film on mosses liverworts and lichens. Their densities may reach 2 million individuals per sq m (185 874 per sq ft) of moss. Some live in hot springs and a few live in a symbiotic relationship with or on the bodies of other animals. Tardigrades use a pair of oral stylets or needle-like mouthparts to pierce the walls of plant cells and feed on the liquid inside. Most species are plant eaters but some are predators feeding on tiny invertebrates and bacteria and a few are detritivores feeding on dead tissue and debris. . . .  Fr6 Tardigrade any of a group of tiny arthropod-like animals characterized by four pairs of stubby legs ending in large claws a stout body rounded back and lumbering gait. They are also known as \"water bears.\" Tardigrades live worldwide in moist land habitats along rocky shorelines and on the bottoms of streams lakes and oceans. Their most striking feature is their ability to temporarily enter a nearly lifeless state known as anabiosis which helps them survive environmental extremes. About 400 species of tardigrades are known and they range in length from 0.1 to 0.5 mm (0.004 to 0.02 in). Tardigrades are most commonly found in association with the water film on mosses liverworts and lichens. Their densities may reach 2 million individuals per sq m (185 874 per sq ft) of moss. Some live in hot springs and a few live in a symbiotic relationship with or on the bodies of other animals. Tardigrades use a pair of oral stylets or needle-like mouthparts to pierce the walls of plant cells and feed on the liquid inside. Most species are plant eaters but some are predators feeding on tiny invertebrates and bacteria and a few are detritivores feeding on dead tissue and debris. . . ."},{"key":"e_1_2_1_7_1","unstructured":"Fr7 Indeed I do my best to avoid tardy grades at all times {grooooaaaaannn}.  Fr7 Indeed I do my best to avoid tardy grades at all times {grooooaaaaannn}."},{"key":"e_1_2_1_8_1","unstructured":"Fr8 Rotifer any of a phylum of multicellular generally microscopic aquatic animals that are abundant worldwide and are most frequently found in freshwater bogs ponds and puddles. Rotifers vary in shape but always have retractable hairlike crowns of cilia that in motion resemble turning wheels. (Among the first microscopic life forms to be studied they were commonly known as wheel animalcules.) The animals can attach themselves temporarily to surfaces by means of a cementing secretion from the \"foot\" of the body. They reproduce sexually but males are rare; except under severe conditions the eggs develop parthenogenetically. Rotifers feed on other microorganisms; a few species are parasitic.  Fr8 Rotifer any of a phylum of multicellular generally microscopic aquatic animals that are abundant worldwide and are most frequently found in freshwater bogs ponds and puddles. Rotifers vary in shape but always have retractable hairlike crowns of cilia that in motion resemble turning wheels. (Among the first microscopic life forms to be studied they were commonly known as wheel animalcules.) The animals can attach themselves temporarily to surfaces by means of a cementing secretion from the \"foot\" of the body. They reproduce sexually but males are rare; except under severe conditions the eggs develop parthenogenetically. Rotifers feed on other microorganisms; a few species are parasitic."},{"key":"e_1_2_1_9_1","unstructured":"Fr9 For the geekier readers it was a SYSDUMP simulation teaching users how to use a tool for configuring the HP3000.  Fr9 For the geekier readers it was a SYSDUMP simulation teaching users how to use a tool for configuring the HP3000."},{"key":"e_1_2_1_10_1","unstructured":"Fr10 Some people have noticed that I finish many of my lectures and homilies with this phrase. Many Jews will recognize it but most gentiles may not. It comes from the great Jewish scholar Hillel the Elder (\u223c70BCE - 10 CE) who was born in Babylon but lived and became head of a rabbinical council in Jerusalem 2 000 years ago. He was once asked by a Roman soldier to summarize Judaism \"while standing on one foot\" (i.e. to give what we might call an elevator-speech about Jewish theology). Hillel's response was \"What is hateful to you do not do to your neighbor. That is the heart of the law all the rest is commentary. Now go and study!\"  Fr10 Some people have noticed that I finish many of my lectures and homilies with this phrase. Many Jews will recognize it but most gentiles may not. It comes from the great Jewish scholar Hillel the Elder (\u223c70BCE - 10 CE) who was born in Babylon but lived and became head of a rabbinical council in Jerusalem 2 000 years ago. He was once asked by a Roman soldier to summarize Judaism \"while standing on one foot\" (i.e. to give what we might call an elevator-speech about Jewish theology). Hillel's response was \"What is hateful to you do not do to your neighbor. That is the heart of the law all the rest is commentary. 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