Global Security Studies, MA/Intelligence, Certificate

MA in Global Security Studies/Certificate in Intelligence

Students pursuing a Master of Arts in Global Security Studies may obtain an additional credential by completing courses that will lead to a Certificate in Intelligence. This combined credential will prepare graduates for careers in the U.S. Intelligence Community and in government agencies and private sector organizations that use intelligence or work with the intelligence enterprise. 

Note that this entry is for currently enrolled students only.  The Intelligence Certificate program is not currently accepting new students. 

Admissions Criteria for all Advanced Academic Programs 

PROGRAM-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

This combined credential program is not currently accepting new students. 

Program Requirements

Students pursuing the MA in Global Security Studies may obtain an additional credential by completing a sequence of courses offered by the Certificate in Intelligence program. This combined credential requires students to complete 15 courses (compared to 17 to complete both programs separately):

• 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

Students pursuing the combined MA in Global Security Studies and Certificate in Intelligence credential are not eligible to pursue the MA in Global Security Studies concentration. 

Note that this entry is for currently enrolled students only.  The Intelligence Certificate program is not currently accepting new students. 

MA in Global Security Studies Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Core Courses - Required
Select all of the following:		12
AS.470.603	Introduction to Global Security Studies 1
AS.470.605	Global Political Economy 1
AS.470.692	Military Strategy & National Policy 1
AS.470.851	Qualitative Methodologies in Social Science 1
Core Courses - Customizable (Energy)
Select one of the following:		3
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:		3
AS.470.853	Historical Methods
AS.470.854	Fundamentals of Quantitative Methods
Core Courses - Customizable (Writing)
Select two of the following:		6
AS.470.606	U.S. Security in a Disordered World
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.470.704	Strategies in Insurgent and Asymmetric Warfare
AS.470.756	Understanding Modern War
AS.470.810	Critical Security Studies (Complex Security Studies Analysis)
Elective Courses
Select any two GSS electives. 2		6
Total Credits		30

¹

Required courses should be taken as early as possible in your degree program.

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A list of approved electives can be found on the Global Security Studies Master of Arts page in this catalog. 

Certificate in Intelligence Requirements

Students must complete one course from each of the following categories:

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Core Courses - Customizable
Required:		3
AS.473.600	The Art & Practice of Intelligence
Select one Theory and Context Course:		3
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
Select one Law and Ethics course:		3
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
Select one Intelligence Operations course:		3
AS.470.740	Cyber Policy, Strategy, Conflict and Deterrence (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
Select One Intelligence Applications course:		3
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		15