a lab-focused curriculum for aspiring vulnerability researchers A MS is an academic degree so of course it will be heavy on the theory, and you will mainly be

a lab-focused curriculum for aspiring vulnerability researchers A MS is an academic degree so of course it will be heavy on the theory, and you will mainly be expected to do practical work independently on top. Same as an undergraduate degree actually, at least a good one. That stuff you call “yawn central” is the principles that will last your entire career, the stuff you learn in the lab will be obsolete in a few years.