Program Overview

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Introduction to the Program

The Master of Arts in Global Security Studies, combined with a Certificate in Intelligence, is a comprehensive program designed to prepare graduates for careers in the U.S. Intelligence Community, government agencies, and private sector organizations that utilize intelligence or work with the intelligence enterprise. This program is currently available to enrolled students only, as the Intelligence Certificate program is not accepting new students.

Program Requirements

To complete the combined MA in Global Security Studies and Certificate in Intelligence, students must fulfill the following requirements:

• Complete 15 courses, as opposed to 17 if the programs were completed separately.
• The program consists of:
  • Four required core courses from the MA in Global Security Studies program.
  • Four customizable core courses from the MA in Global Security Studies program.
  • Two electives from the MA in Global Security Studies program.
  • One required core course from the Certificate in Intelligence program.
  • Four customizable core courses from the Certificate in Intelligence program.

MA in Global Security Studies Requirements

The MA in Global Security Studies requires the completion of the following courses:

Core Courses - Required

• AS.470.603: Introduction to Global Security Studies, Foundations of Global Security (1 credit)
• AS.470.605: Global Political Economy (1 credit)
• AS.470.692: Military Strategy & National Policy (1 credit)
• AS.470.851: Qualitative Methodologies in Social Science (1 credit)

Core Courses - Customizable (Energy)

Select one of the following:

• AS.470.601: Climate Change and National Security
• AS.470.657: Energy, Security, and Defense
• AS.470.773: Energy and Environmental Security

Core Courses - Customizable (Research)

Select one of the following:

• AS.470.853: Historical Methods
• AS.470.854: Fundamentals of Quantitative Methods

Core Courses - Customizable (Writing)

Select two of the following:

• AS.470.606: U.S. Security in a Disordered World
• AS.470.607: Technology in War
• AS.470.632: Security Issues in South Asia
• AS.470.633: Transnational Organized Crime: Gangsters of the Global Underworld
• AS.470.634: Propaganda, Disinformation, and War
• AS.470.640: Challenges of Transnational Security
• AS.470.663: Human Security
• AS.470.696: Fundamentals of Wargaming Analysis
• AS.470.700: Special Operations and Strategy
• AS.470.704: Strategies in Insurgent and Asymmetric Warfare
• AS.470.756: Understanding Modern War
• AS.470.810: Complex Security Studies Analysis

Elective Courses

Select any two GSS electives.

Certificate in Intelligence Requirements

To complete the Certificate in Intelligence, students must fulfill the following requirements:

• Complete one course from each of the following categories:
  • Core Courses - Customizable: Required course - AS.473.600: The Art & Practice of Intelligence
  • Theory and Context Course: Select one of the following:
    • AS.473.604: Applied Critical Thinking and Analysis
    • AS.473.605: Strategic Culture Analysis
    • AS.473.609: Introduction to Intelligence in the Five Eyes Community
    • AS.473.663: The Intelligence-Policy Nexus
  • Law and Ethics Course: Select one of the following:
    • AS.470.731: Privacy in a Data-driven Society
    • AS.470.795: The Constitution and National Security
    • AS.473.606: Legal Issues in Intelligence
    • AS.473.607: Intelligence Ethics
  • Intelligence Operations Course: Select one of the following:
    • AS.470.740: Cyber Strategy and Threat Analysis
    • AS.472.600: Introduction to Geospatial Intelligence
    • AS.472.611: Analyzing Social Media and Geospatial Information
    • AS.473.602: Intelligence Analysis
    • AS.473.644: Technical Collection of Intelligence
    • AS.473.665: Human Intelligence Operations
  • Intelligence Applications Course: Select one of the following:
    • AS.470.668: The Politics and Process of American Foreign Policy
    • AS.470.745: Terrorist Financing Analysis and Counterterrorist Finance Techniques
    • AS.473.608: Leading Intelligence Organizations
    • AS.473.610: Analysis of Military Capabilities
    • AS.473.668: Intelligence to Secure the Homeland and Hometown

Total Credits

The combined program requires the completion of 15 courses, totaling 30 credits for the MA in Global Security Studies and 15 credits for the Certificate in Intelligence.