Accelerated Multidisciplinary Studies, BA or BS/MS in Security Studies

The Accelerated Multidisciplinary Studies, BA or BS/ Security Studies, MS is designed to allow undergraduate students in the BA or BS Multidisciplinary Studies Security Studies program in their Senior year to complete 12 hours of graduate Security Studies courses that count towards the completion of the MS in Security Studies. Undergraduate Security Studies students who are interested in the accelerated program should contact the program director Dr. Armin Krishnan.

Eligibility

Students must maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA to remain eligible to participate in the accelerated program. Undergraduate accelerated program students earning a grade of C in any graduate course can count that course toward the bachelor’s degree but will no longer be eligible to take additional graduate courses and are dismissed from the accelerated program. Students will be able to apply to the Security Studies, MS program.

Students who are interested in pursuing the Accelerated Multidisciplinary Studies, BA or BS in Security Studies, MS Program should fill out a form that notifies the Graduate School. The form can be accessed here. The Security Studies director will review the form and make a decision as to whether to approve the request within a time frame of a few weeks.

Graduate Courses that Students in the Accelerated Programs Can Take

Students accepted into the Multidisciplinary Studies, BA /Security Studies, MS accelerated program can take up to 12 s.h. from the following courses:

  • POLS 6080 – American Foreign Relations (for POLS 3144)
  • POLS 6360 – Causes of International War (for POLS 3290)
  • POLS 6382 – Global Terrorism (for POLS 4382)
  • POLS 6425 – War, Peace and Security in the Middle East (for POLS 3260)
  • POLS 6440 – Seminar in International Organization (for POLS 3293)
  • SECS 6000 – Security Studies Foundations (for SECS 1000)
  • SECS 6155 – Changing Nature of National Security Policy (for POLS 3155)
  • SECS 6260 – Intelligence and National Security (for POLS 3180)
  • SECS 6300 – Research Methods for Security Studies (for POLS 3031)
  • SECS 6350 – Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) (for POLS 3080)
  • SECS 6430 – Special Topics Seminar (for POLS 3080 with security-related topic)

Graduate courses that may count towards undergraduate electives:

  • BIOL 6110 – Bioterrorism and Biosecurity
  • EHST 6010 – Fundamentals of Environmental Health
  • EHST 6100 – Elements in Environmental Engineering
  • HIST 6210 – War and Society
  • HIST 6260 – The United States and the Middle East, 1783 to the Present
  • ICTN 6823 – Information Security Management *
  • ICTN 6865 – Fundamental Network Security *
  • ICTN 6878 – Legal and Ethical Issues in Information Technology
  • IDIS 6515 – Logistical Security and Safety Management *
  • INTL 6005 – Communication Across Cultures
  • INTL 6105 – Global Issues
  • INTL 6500 – International Problem Solving and Decision Making
  • INTL 6510 – Global and Multicultural Discourse
  • JUST 5000 – Comparative Criminal Justice
  • JUST 6502 – Criminal Justice and Terrorism
  • JUST 6620 – Transnational Crime
  • PADM 6163 – Environmental Policy Analysis
  • PADM 6170 – Intergovernmental/Interagency Relations
  • PADM 6220 – Leadership and Ethics in the Public Sector
  • PLAN 6015 – Hazards and Emergency/Disaster Planning
  • SAFT 6290 – Fire Protection and Prevention and Emergency Management
  • SAFT 6402 – Applied Safety Management
  • SAFT 6410 – Systems Safety and Risk Analysis
  • SECS 6250 – Policy and Practice of Security
  • SECS 6270 – Intelligence Analysis
  • SECS 6320 – Cyber Warfare and Security
  • SECS 6330 – Covert Action and Hybrid Warfare
  • SECS 6380 – The Art of Statecraft and International Security
  • SECS 6390 – Human Security
  • SECS 6400 – The Foundation of Homeland Security and Defense
  • SECS 6420 – Globalization and Security
  • SOCI 5500 – Seminar in Population

*Requires ITEC 6060 as a prerequisite course.