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 32100	Issues in Asia-Pacific Security	3
IR 36000	Origins of War: How the World Stumbles into War	3
IR 38000	Geopolitics, Grand Strategy, and War	3

Elective Coursework

9 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

HIST 11700	US History: American Military History through World War II	3
HIST 11701	US History: American Military History since 1941	3
IR 32000	Transpacific Relations	3
IR 35100	American Foreign Policy	3
IR 36100	Paris 1919: Making of the Modern World	3
IR 36200	Seapower: History and Application	3
IR 38100	Ideology and International Relations	3
MGMT 38900	Game Theory	3
PHRL 31601	Islam and the West	3