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
406.666 Contemporary Terrorism and the American Response

Administrative/Organizational

470.635 Executive Politics and Policymaking
470.659 Bioterrorism, Science, and Policy
470.663 Administering Homeland Security

Science

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

Students must also take three additional courses (for a total of 6) 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)

470.632 Defense Policy I
470.633 Defense Policy II
470.653 Contemporary Russian Politics
470.658 American Democracy in Wartime
470.661 Constitutional Law
470.662 The Theory and Politics of Terrorism
470.664 War, Humane Behavior, and Morality
406.665 Art and Practice of Intelligence
470.665 Bioterrorism and the Law
406.670 Crisis Management
470.692 - Military Strategy and National Policy
470.693 - National Security
410.694 Microbial Pathogens and the Impact on National Security
470.696 - Western Military Thoughts
470.697 - Nuclear Weapons and US Foreign Policy
470.700 Islamic Fundamentalism
470.704 - Strategies in Insurgent and Asymmetric Warfare

For those interested in earning a Master's Degree, the MA in Government offers a Concentration in Homeland Security.