Undergraduate Catalog Archives Archive of the 2011-2012 Base Catalog Colleges Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Minors National Security Studies MinorThe National Security Studies Minor prepares students with diverse majors for careers in homeland security, intelligence collection and analysis, foreign relations, Department of Defense, Department of State, and related areas, or to enter graduate programs that will further prepare them for careers in these areas. These careers might be as diverse as being a diplomat, a cryptologist, an area studies specialist, a linguist, an intelligence analyst, an energy economist, or a policy analyst. The program culminates in a capstone course that integrates student experiences in other courses within the minor into a Crisis Management Exercise (CME, or "wargame"). The CME requires students to play the roles of civilian officials and military officers tasked with addressing the crisis situation at hand in an interagency environment.
Of course, eighteen hours is a minimum requirement - students may take additional NSSM courses as their schedules and other requirements permit. The remainder of the hours requirement can be satisfied by choosing electives from the NSSM courses listed below. Students with very specific interests may petition the director to have a course in another department/program substituted as an elective course for the NSSM.
During the sophomore year, students are also encouraged to apply for internships with the State Department, Department of Defense, National Security agency, Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies in the attempt to enhance their understanding of various aspects of national security in a non-academic setting.
Capstone Courses (Pick 1)
AFSC 4301. National Security Affairs (Fall)
AFSC 4302. National Security Affairs (Spring)
The Contemporary Security Environment (Pick 1 or 2)
POLS 2360. Introduction to National Security Studies
POLS 3335. Political Terrorism
POLS 4343. Causes and Politics of War
POLS 4348. Contemporary Islamic Political Thought
POLS 4349. International Energy Politics
POLS 4394. Ideologies and Political Movements
POLS 4394. Ideologies and Political Movements
HIST 3394. War, Globalization, and Terrorism
National Security Policy and Institutions (Pick 1 or 2)
POLS 3313. Introduction to International Relations
POLS 3331. American Foreign Policy
POLS 4365. National Defense Policy
POLS 4396. International Law and the Law of War
POLS 4397. National Security Law
HIST 3312. U.S. Diplomatic History to 1898
HIST 3313. U.S. Diplomatic History since 1898
HIST 3321. U.S. Foreign Policy since 1900
HIST 3322. The Vietnam War
HIST 3323. U.S. Military History to 1898
HIST 3324. U.S. Military History since 1898
HIST 3375. The CIA in the Third World
Applications and Skills (Elective)
POLS 3382. Strategy of Politics (Game Theory and Decision Analysis)
POLS 4396. Intelligence Analysis
POLS 4396. Risk Analysis and Assessment
ITEC 2337. Fundamentals of Information Security
ITEC 4355. Enterprise Assessment and Evaluation (with permission of instruction)
AS 300. Leadership
Electives
Additional courses in the categories appearing above may be taken as electives.
Students interested in the National Security Studies Minor should contact:
Gregory R. Weiher , Ph.D.Director, National Security Studies Minor
Catalog Publish Date: August 18, 2011
This Page Last Updated: July 20, 2011
Effective Date of Archive: December 19, 2011
