Course Requirements

The Certificate in National Security Studies provides a framework within which students can tailor the program to their specific interests.

All students must take at least one course in each of the following core areas:

Foreign Policy

470.606 American National Security
470.634 Foreign Policy in the Age of Global Terrorism
406.661 Preserving American Security in a Dangerous World
406.662 Threats to American's National Security: Theory and History
406.666 Contemporary Terrorism and the American Response

Science

406.678 Science and Biodefense
406.681 The Technology of Weapons of Mass Destruction
406.682 Science and Technology

Students must also take three additional courses (for a total of 5) from the list of courses below.Every semester we scour the offerings of all Hopkins programs in order to find the latest cutting edge courses for our students and new courses are added to the list all the time.

Elective Courses

(Select 3 courses)

From National Security Studies:

406.670 Crisis Management
406.665 The Art and Practice of Intelligence
406.669 Homeland Security: Threats, Challenges and Solutions
406.671 Congress and Homeland Security
406.693 Constitutional Issues in National Security

From Government:

470.632 Defense Policy I
470.633 Defense Policy II
470.635 Executive Politics and Policymaking
470.653 Contemporary Russian Politics
470.658 American Democracy in Wartime
470.647 International Security and American's Role in a Troubled World
470.648 The U.S. and the European Union: Allies, Partners, or Rivals
470.661 Constitutional Law
470.662 The Theory and Politics of Terrorism
470.663 Administered Homeland Security
470.664 War, Humane Behavior, and Morality
470.665 Bioterrorism and the Law
470.669 Seminar in Homeland Security Administration
470.679 America and the Globe: Critical Policy Issues
470.680 21st Century Conflict
470.689 Growing Apart? America and Europe in the 21st Century
470.692 Military Strategy and National Policy
470.696 Western Military Thought
470.697 Nuclear Weapons and US Foreign Policy
470.700 Islamic Fundamentalism
470.704 Strategy in Insurgent and Asymmetric Warfare
470.707 Asian Politics: Challenges and Opportunities
470.708 Public Diplomacy and Arab Public Opinion
470.710 The Politics of Foreign Policy
470.711 Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy
470.676 Understanding Islamist Terrorism
470.633 Analyzing Military Policy

From Communications:

480.671 Politics, Language, and Culture of the Arab World
480.672 Politics, Language, and Culture of Iran

From Advanced Biotechnology:

410.694 Microbial Pathogens and the Impact on National Security
410.692 Biothreat Response and Microbial Forensics
410.693 Science, Medicine, & Policy in Biodefense

For those interested in earning a master's degree, the Government program offers an MA in Global Security Studies and a MA in Government with an optional concentration in Security Studies.