Certificate Requirements

Security Studies Seal

The Certificate in Security Studies program was designed to be an add-on for students taking a different Master program, but it can also be taken as a standalone postgraduate academic program and qualification. The Certificate can be completed within a year and it consists of two core courses and three elective courses from a list of electives. Students completing the Certificate can also elect to switch to the MSSS programs and all the credits received in the Certificate will be counted towards the completion of the MSSS.

Your Core Courses Are:

  • SECS 6000 – Security Studies Foundations
  • SECS 6155 – Changing Nature of National Security

Your Elective Courses Are:

  • CSCI 6100 – Cryptography and Information Security
  • EHST 6010 – Fundamentals of Environmental Health
  • HIST 6260 – The United States and the Middle East, 1783 to the Present
  • ICTN 6823 – Information Security Management
  • INTL 6500 – International Problem Solving and Decision Making
  • JUST 6502 – Criminal Justice and Terrorism
  • PADM 6170 – Intergovernmental/ Interagency Relations
  • PADM 6220 – Leadership and Ethics in the Public Sector
  • PLAN 6015 – Emergency/ Disaster Planning
  • POLS 6382 – Global Terrorism
  • POLS 6425 – War, Peace, and Security in the Middle East
  • SECS 6260 – Intelligence and National Security
  • SECS 6270 – Intelligence Analysis
  • SECS 6320 – Cyber Warfare and Security
  • SECS 6350 – Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)