BA/ BS in Multidisciplinary Studies: Security Studies Degree Requirements

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Your core coursesMinor in Security Studies Degree Plan
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The program consists of 40 hours General Education courses, 15 hours of Security Studies core courses, 24 hours of Security Studies elective courses, 3 hours in cognate courses, and a completed Minor (18 or 24 hours) or a second Major.

Your core courses are:

  • SECS 1000 – Introduction to Security Studies (usually offered in Fall Term only)
  • CRIM 1000 – Introduction to Criminal Justice (usually offered in Fall and Spring Term)
  • POLS 2020 – Introduction to International Relations (usually offered in Fall and Spring Term)
  • POLS 3031 – Research Design in Political Science (usually offered in Fall Term only)
  • SECS 4000 – Senior Seminar in Security Studies (usually offered in Spring Term only)

Your elective courses are offered through the following departments/ programs*

  • Anthropology (ANTH)
  • Biology (BIOL)
  • Criminal Justice (CRIM)
  • English (ENGL)
  • Environmental Health (EHST)
  • Geography, Planning and Environment (GEOG)
  • History (HIST)
  • Information and Computer Technology (ICTN)
  • Industrial Technology (ITEC)
  • Political Science (POLS)
  • Religious Studies (RELI)
  • Sociology (SOCI)
  • Urban and Regional Planning (PLAN)

*Only courses on the Security Studies electives list can be chosen from the course offerings of the above departments. The list of all courses associated with the BA/ BS Multidisciplinary Studies: Security Studies program can be found on the Security Studies Undergraduate Course Descriptions page.

As a BA/ BS student you must choose eight elective courses from a list of courses with at least four different prefixes and with no more than twelve hours from any one prefix counting toward this requirement. You have a foreign language requirement for the BA, but no foreign language requirement for the BS.

Minor in Security Studies Degree Requirements

The Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Minor in Security Studies 18 semester hours of course work, with 6 hours of core requirements and 12 hours of electives, across a number of academic disciplines.

Your core courses are:

  • SECS 1000 – Introduction to Security Studies
  • SECS 4000 – Senior Seminar in Security Studies

Your elective courses are:

  • EHST 2110 – Introduction to Environmental Health Sciences
  • GEOG/ PLAN 2410 – Fundamentals of GIS
  • GEOG 3003 – Political Geography
  • HIST 3260 – U.S. and the Middle East, 1783 to the Present
  • ICTN 2900/ 2901* – Fundamental Network Security with Lab
  • ITEC 3800 – Cost and Capital Project Analysis*
  • JUST 1000 – Introduction to Criminal Justice
  • PLAN 1900 – Sustainable Cities
  • PLAN 4015 – Emergency Management Planning
  • POLS 3007 – Selected Topics in International Relations and Comparative Politics
  • POLS 3080 – Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • POLS 3144 – American Foreign Policy*
  • POLS 3155 – National Security Policy
  • POLS 3290 – Conflict and Peace in Post Cold War Age
  • POLS 3293 – International Organizations
  • POLS 4382 – Politics and Terrorism
  • POLS 4383 – War in the Modern Age
  • SOCI 3235 – Population Trends and Problems*

*MUST complete prerequisite before registering