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Global and National Security Emphasis

The Global and National Security emphasis is recommended for students who wish to pursue careers as analysts or managers in national and homeland security, either with government agencies or in the private security sector.

When completing a Global and National Security emphasis, in addition to the basic requirements (Int. Stds 205 and 402), the student must take the courses described below, and may take as many upper-level elective courses from List 2 to complete the major's credit and discipline distribution requirements.

For Global and National Security emphasis sample and progression sheet, please follow the links below:

  Sample Course Distribution Sample Progression
Blank Form __ ___ ____
Int. Studies - Global and National Security ______ ___ _

Global and National Security courses (15 credits):

The courses required for Global and National Security serve as the 15 credit specialization within International Studies.

These courses include:

59-302 United States National Security Policy
59-315 Perspectives on the Nuclear Age
87-380 Terrorism and Religious Violence
84-376 Revolution and Development
And one course out of the following:
70-304 Military History of World War II
57-395 United States Military History

Elective courses (15 credits):

Students pursuing the Global and National Security emphasis may take 15 credits of elective courses, from course List 2, in order to complete the major's 36 credits requirement.Please note that only up to 9 credits out of the major's 36 credits may consist of 100 or 200 level courses.Additionally, students must take courses from at least four different disciplines giving credit in the International Studies Program within their major.

Prerequisite courses

Please note that some of the classes listed above have course prerequisites that must be fulfilled before a student is allowed to enroll into a specific class.

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Last updated April 3, 2007