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 find a list of electives approved for the Global Security track. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list, and students are welcome to select courses outside of this listing with advisor approval.

Approved Electives

  • ACE 406 Environmental Law
  • ACE 516 Environmental Economics
  • AFST 510 Problems in African History
  • ANTH 405 Contemporary Central America
  • ANTH 485 Anthropology of Policing
  • ANTH 488 Modern Europe
  • ATMS 447 Climate Change Assessment
  • ATMS 507 Climate Dynamics
  • ECON 415 Environmental Economics
  • GGIS 412 Geospatial Technologies & Society
  • GGIS 465 Transportation & Sustainability
  • GGIS 466 Environmental Policy
  • HIST 400 War, Society, Politics, & Culture
  • HIST 405 History of Brazil from 1808
  • HIST 422 Socio-Economic History of Modern China
  • HIST 507 Problems in Latin American History
  • HIST 560 Problems in Russian History
  • MCB 435 Evolution of Infectious Diseases
  • MCB 436 Global Biosecurity
  • NPRE 480 Energy and Security
  • NPRE 481 Writing on Technology & Security
  • NPRE 483 Seminar on Security
  • NRES 454 GIS in Natural Resource Management
  • PS 415 Europe and the Mediterranean
  • PS 540 Proseminar Comparative Politics I
  • PS 546 Comparative Political Behavior
  • PS 549 Topics in Comparative Politics
  • PS 580 Proseminar International Relations I
  • PS 589 Topics in International Relations
  • REL 405 Jihad and Just War
  • SOC 447 Environmental Sociology
  • HK 414 International Health
  • GLBL 440 Global Health: Intervention & Evaluation
  • GLBL 499 Special Topics
  • GLBL 501 Perspectives on Global Studies