UTexas

National Security Policy (NSP)

NSP 309  Introduction to National Security  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Public Affairs 309 (Topic 2) and National Security Policy 309 may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: P A 309.2  
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

NSP 325  Topics in National Security Policy  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Survey various topics in national security policy. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

NSP 330  Foundations of International Security: Theory and Practice  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

NSP 331  National Security Institutions, Processes, and Politics  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

NSP 332  Grand Strategy and Military Operations  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

NSP 334  Writing for National Security  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

NSP 335  Economics for Foreign Policy  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

NSP 336  Analytical Methods for National Security  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Develop competency in the quantitative and qualitative techniques of research design and analysis widely used by professionals in the national security environment. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

NSP 345  Advanced Topics in National Security Policy  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine various advanced topics in national security policy. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

NSP 359  National Security Internship  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Participate in a supervised internship in an agency of government, a nonprofit organization, or a national security-related unit in the private sector. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Pass/Fail  
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

NSP 370  Independent Study in National Security  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Undertake supervised individual research on a special subject in the field of national security policy. Hour(s) to be arranged.
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

NSP 680P  Topics in Policy Research Project on National Security Issues  6 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Conduct two semesters of interdisciplinary research on a contemporary national security policy problem involving interaction with sponsoring organizations. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for two semesters.
Pre/Corequisites: For 680PA, graduate standing and consent of instructor; for 680PB, NSP 680PA  
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Master's  

NSP 383M  National Security Institutions, Processes, and Politics  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.  
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Master's  

NSP 386W  Writing for National Security  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.  
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Master's  

NSP 387M  Foundations of International Security: Theory and Practice  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.  
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Master's  

NSP 389  Conference Course in National Security  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Individual instruction related to selected aspects of professional theory and practice in national security. Equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor and graduate advisor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)  
Academic Level: Master's  

NSP 393M  Economics for Foreign Policy  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.  
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Master's  

NSP 395M  Grand Strategy and Military Operations  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.  
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Master's  

NSP 396K  Internship in National Security  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Participate in a supervised internship in an agency of government, a nonprofit organization, or a national security-related unit in the private sector. May be taken twice for credit. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.  
Grading: Credit No Credit  
Repeatable for credit: Yes (02 times)  
Academic Level: Master's  

NSP 397N  Analytical Methods for National Security  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Develop competency in the core quantitative and qualitative techniques of research design and analysis widely used by professionals in the national security environment. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.  
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Master's  

NSP 398R  Master's Report  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Prepare a report to fulfill the requirement for the master's degree under the report option. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.  
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Master's