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:
| PS 38400 | International Relations Theory | 3 |
| PS 38600 | Origins of War: How the World Stumbles into War | 3 |
| PS 38900 | 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 |
| PS 38000 | Diplomatic Affairs: Peace and Conflict Resolution | 3 |
| PS 38200 | American Foreign Policy | 3 |
| PS 38300 | Transpacific Relations | 3 |
| PS 38360 | Seapower: History and Application | 3 |
| PS 38510 | Ideology and International Relations | 3 |
| PS 38700 | Paris 1919: Making of the Modern World | 3 |
| MGMT 38900 | Game Theory | 3 |
| PHRL 31601 | Islam and the West | 3 |