The Master of Arts in National Security Studies provides professional, graduate-level academic education in national and international security issues. In the program's required and core courses, students obtain substantive knowledge and analytic skills required by all professionals in the security community. Through the general program or specialized concentrations, students can focus on contemporary transtate and regional security issues and in further developing their analytic skills. Student learning is greatly enhanced by the diversity of program professors with strong professional and academic backgrounds in security studies and through opportunities to interact in the online classroom with military and civilian students from across the national and international security community. The Master of Arts in National Security Studies prepares students for mid and senior level positions in national and international security policy, security and intelligence analysis, and related fields. Graduates of the program can be found across the national and international security community as civilian and military policy-makers, action-officers, analysts, instructors, and consultants. The program is an excellent substitute for military or civilian personnel unable to attend a staff or war college, but who require a strong background in the substantive knowledge and analytic skills required of security specialists. The program is also excellent preparation for those who will eventually attend a staff or war college as it incorporates instruction in advanced security analysis not normally taught in senior military schools. Degree Program Objectives
In addition to the institutional and degree level outcome objectives, the Master of Arts in National Security Studies seeks the following specific learning outcomes of its graduates. Graduates in this degree program will be able to: - Appraise classic and contemporary theories, strategies, doctrines, and procedures related to the causes, conduct, and termination of armed conflict and the maintenance of peace.
- Assess and predict traditional and non-traditional threats to national and international security.
- Compare the structures, functions, capabilities, and activities of national and international security community members.
- Conduct advanced research and compose professional and academic analyses on issues critical to national and international security.
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