Security Studies Minor

18 credit hours

The security studies minor focuses particularly on the threats and opportunities present in the global security environment of the 21st century. Students with this minor will gain an in-depth knowledge of issues such as the evolution of terrorism, nuclear proliferation in rogue states, great power politics and diplomacy, civil war and state collapse, and other challenges facing the international community today and in coming decades.

Requirements

Minor Coursework

9 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

IR 32100Issues in Asia-Pacific Security

3

IR 36000Origins of War: How the World Stumbles into War

3

IR 38000Geopolitics, Grand Strategy, and War

3

Elective Coursework

9 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

HIST 11700US History: American Military History through World War II

3

HIST 11701US History: American Military History since 1941

3

IR 32000Transpacific Relations

3

IR 35100American Foreign Policy

3

IR 36100Paris 1919: Making of the Modern World

3

IR 36200Seapower: History and Application

3

IR 38100Ideology and International Relations

3

MGMT 38900Game Theory

3

PHRL 31601Islam and the West

3