Explore the actors, processes, and current challenges of U.S. national security. Examine policy formulation, the instruments of national security and their integration, and legal and ethical tensions. Learn about the array of current state and non-state actors threatening national and global security.

Survey various topics in national security policy.

Explore core foundational concepts and theoretical frameworks for explaining how state and non-state actors operate in the international arena. Learn how to identify, assess, and manage international security challenges.

Explore instruments of statecraft available to policymakers to advance and protect United States national security interests at home and abroad; departments, agencies, private sector elements, and branches of government with the authorities and equities to implement national security; and the politics, structures and processes of policy formulation.

Learn to assess the integration of political, economic, and military factors to formulate comprehensive strategies that effectively achieve long-term objectives while navigating the intricacies of modern conflict. Explore the practical integration of national goals into the tactical execution of military campaigns. Examine historical precedents and contemporary case studies to understand the complex dynamics shaping strategic decision-making and operational planning in warfare.

Develop the written and oral communication skills necessary for national security professionals. Explore the various genres of writing and presenting common in national security careers.

Develop an understanding of economic power available to foreign policymakers. Explore the design and implementation of policies focused upon international trade, access to intellectual property, financial sanctions, and direct foreign investment by governments, private actors and multilateral lending organizations.

Develop competency in the quantitative and qualitative techniques of research design and analysis widely used by professionals in the national security environment.

Examine various advanced topics in national security policy.

Participate in a supervised internship in an agency of government, a nonprofit organization, or a national security-related unit in the private sector.

Undertake supervised individual research on a special subject in the field of national security policy.

Conduct two semesters of interdisciplinary research on a contemporary national security policy problem involving interaction with sponsoring organizations.

Explore instruments of statecraft available to policymakers to advance and protect United States national security interests at home and abroad; departments, agencies, private sector elements, and branches of government with the authorities and equities to implement national security; and the politics, structures and processes of policy formulation.

Develop the written and oral communication skills necessary for national security professionals. Explore the various genres of writing and presenting common in national security careers.

Explore core foundational concepts and theoretical frameworks for explaining how state and non-state actors operate in the international arena. Learn how to identify, assess, and manage international security challenges.

Individual instruction related to selected aspects of professional theory and practice in national security.

Develop an understanding of economic power available to foreign policymakers. Explore the design and implementation of policies focused upon international trade, access to intellectual property, financial sanctions, and direct foreign investment by governments, private actors and multilateral lending organizations.

Learn to assess the integration of political, economic, and military factors to formulate comprehensive strategies that effectively achieve long-term objectives while navigating the intricacies of modern conflict. Explore the practical integration of national goals into the tactical execution of military campaigns. Examine historical precedents and contemporary case studies to understand the complex dynamics shaping strategic decision-making and operational planning in warfare.

Participate in a supervised internship in an agency of government, a nonprofit organization, or a national security-related unit in the private sector.

Develop competency in the core quantitative and qualitative techniques of research design and analysis widely used by professionals in the national security environment.

Prepare a report to fulfill the requirement for the master's degree under the report option.