Students aiming for careers in government, and non-governmental commercial or non-profit sectors and interested that deal with matters related to national, international, and global security will gain preparation for work in interdisciplinary settings on issues related to prevention, conduct, and ameliorating effects of conflicts and potential conflicts in arenas involving conventional or unconventional weapons, environment stresses, natural disasters and disease, or interactions thereof. Relevant topical areas include human security, environmental and resource security, and comparative politics and security. Students in this track are interested in careers in political science, environmental science, policy analysis, diplomacy, intelligence, humanitarian aid, post-secondary and international education, and international affairs.
Electives in Global Security
Below is a non-exhaustive list of approved electives.
Many other courses are available to students through searching the Course Catalog and getting approval by the MSGS Academic Program Coordinator. Students are also encouraged to meet with the Coordinator to discuss various courses.
Please note that while we do our best to keep this list updated, due to courses and credits constantly changing, it is ultimately the responsibility of the student to ensure the course(s) taken counts towards their MS in Global Studies and track - even if the course is listed below.
Approved Electives
| ACE 406 Environmental Law | |
| ACE 411 Environment and Development | |
| ACE 451 Agriculture in Intl Dev | |
| ACE 516 Environmental Economics | |
| ACE 531 Impact Evaluation | |
| ACE 557 Food, Poverty and Development | |
| ACE 559 Food, Trade and Development | |
| AFST 522 Development of African Studies | |
| ANTH 485 Anthropology of Policing | |
| ANTH 560 Anthropology and Law | |
| ATMS 507 Climate Dynamics | |
| ECON 415 Environmental Economics | Offered Online |
| ECON 418 Health Economics | |
| ECON 420 International Economics | Offered Online |
| ECON 450 Development Economics | |
| ECON 455 Economics of Poverty Allev. in Dev. Countries | |
| EPOL 524 Education and Human Rights | Offered Online |
| GGIS/GEOG 465 Transportation & Sustainability | |
| GGIS/GEOG 466 Environmental Policy | |
| GLBL 499 Special Topics | Offered Online |
| GLBL 501 Perspectives on Global Studies | Offered Online |
| HIST 400 War, Soc, Politics & Culture | |
| HIST 491 Directed Research in Digital History | |
| HIST 507 Prob in Latin American History | |
| HK 408 Environmental Health | Offered Online |
| HK 414 International Health | |
| MCB 435 Evolution of Infectious Disease | |
| NPRE 481 Writing on Technology and Security | |
| NRES 454 GIS in Natural Resource Management | Offered Online |
| PS 415 Europe and the Mediterranean | |
| PS 546 Comparative Political Behavior | |
| PS 584 International Cooperation | |
| REES 495/550 - Seminar | |
| SOC 447 Environmental Sociology | |
| SOC 470 Social Movements | |
| SOCW 473 Immigration, Health & Society | |
| SOCW 510 Theories of Diversity, Inequality, and Social Change | Offered Online |