Global Security Studies, MA/In - Johns Hopkins U

The MA in Global Security Studies / Certificate in Intelligence program prepares graduates for careers in the intelligence community, government agencies, and private sector organizations that utilize intelligence. The program combines the requirements of the MA in Global Security Studies and the Certificate in Intelligence, and students are not eligible to pursue a concentration within the MA program while pursuing this combined credential.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The MA in Global Security Studies / Certificate in Intelligence is a combined credential 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 community.

Outline:

The program requires students to complete 15 courses, combining the requirements of the MA in Global Security Studies and the Certificate in Intelligence. Students are not eligible to pursue a concentration within the MA in Global Security Studies when pursuing this combined credential.

MA in Global Security Studies Requirements:

Core Courses - Required (12 credits):
AS.470.603 Introduction to Global Security Studies
AS.470.605 Global Political Economy
AS.470.692 Military Strategy & National Policy
AS.470.851 Qualitative Methodologies in Social Science
Core Courses - Customizable (Energy) (3 credits):
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) (3 credits):
Select one of the following:
AS.470.853 Historical Methods
AS.470.854 Fundamentals of Quantitative Methods
Core Courses - Customizable (Writing) (6 credits):
Select two of the following:
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.470.640 Challenges of Transnational Security
AS.470.663 Human Security
AS.470.704 Strategies in Insurgent and Asymmetric Warfare
AS.470.756 Understanding Modern War
Elective Courses (6 credits):
Select any two GSS electives.
Total Credits: 30

Certificate in Intelligence Requirements:

Core Courses - Customizable (3 credits):
AS.473.600 The Art & Practice of Intelligence
Theory and Context Course (3 credits):
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 (3 credits):
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 (3 credits):
Select one of the following:
AS.470.724 Managing Dangerous Futures: Global Political Risk Analysis
AS.470.740 Cyber Policy, Strategy, Conflict and Deterrence
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
Intelligence Applications Course (3 credits):
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.473.660 Intelligence and Counterterrorism
AS.473.668 Intelligence to Secure the Homeland and Hometown
Total Credits: 15
Students pursuing the combined MA in Global Security Studies / Certificate in Intelligence credential are not eligible to pursue a Master of Arts in Global Security Studies concentration.
Required courses should be taken as early as possible in the degree program.

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