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Master's

Global Security Studies, MA/Intelligence, Certificate

Johns Hopkins University Krieger School of Arts and Sciences (Advanced Academic Programs) 38 courses

About This Program

Students pursuing a Master of Arts in Global Security Studies may obtain an additional credential by completing courses that will lead to a Certificate in Intelligence. This combined credential will prepare graduates for careers in the U.S. Intelligence Community and in government agencies and private sector organizations that use intelligence or work with the intelligence enterprise. Note that this entry is for currently enrolled students only. The Intelligence Certificate program is not currently accepting new students.

Degree Requirements

Core Courses - Required

Select all of the following:

Code	Course Title	Credits
AS.470.603	Foundations of Global Security	3
AS.470.605	Global Political Economy	3
AS.470.692	Military Strategy & National Policy	3
AS.470.851	Qualitative Methodologies in Social Science	3
Total Core Courses - Required		30 credits

Core Courses - Customizable (Energy)

Select one of the following:

Code	Course Title	Credits
AS.470.601	Climate Change and National Security	3
AS.470.657	Energy, Security, and Defense	3
AS.470.773	Energy and Environmental Security	3

Core Courses - Customizable (Research)

Select one of the following:

Code	Course Title	Credits
AS.470.853	Historical Methods	3
AS.470.854	Fundamentals of Quantitative Methods	3

Core Courses - Customizable (Writing)

Select two of the following:

Code	Course Title	Credits
AS.470.606	U.S. Security in a Disordered World	3
AS.470.607	Technology in War	3
AS.470.632	Security Issues in South Asia	3
AS.470.633	Transnational Organized Crime: Gangsters of the Global Underworld	3
AS.470.634	Propaganda, Disinformation, and War	3
AS.470.640	Challenges of Transnational Security	3
AS.470.663	Human Security	3
AS.470.696	Fundamentals of Wargaming Analysis	3
AS.470.700	Special Operations and Strategy	3
AS.470.704	Strategies in Insurgent and Asymmetric Warfare	3
AS.470.756	Understanding Modern War	3
AS.470.810	Complex Security Studies Analysis	3

Core Courses - Customizable

Required:

Code	Course Title	Credits
AS.473.600	The Art & Practice of Intelligence
Total Core Courses - Customizable		15 credits

Core Courses - Customizable

Select one Theory and Context Course:

Code	Course Title	Credits
AS.473.604	Applied Critical Thinking and Analysis
AS.473.605	Strategic Culture Analysis
AS.473.663	The Intelligence-Policy Nexus	3
Total Core Courses - Customizable		3 credits

Core Courses - Customizable

Select one Law and Ethics course:

Code	Course Title	Credits
AS.470.731	Privacy in a Data-driven Society	3
AS.470.795	The Constitution and National Security	3
AS.473.606	Legal Issues in Intelligence
AS.473.607	Intelligence Ethics
Total Core Courses - Customizable		3 credits

Core Courses - Customizable

Select one Intelligence Operations course:

Code	Course Title	Credits
AS.470.740	Cyber Strategy and Threat Analysis	3
Total Core Courses - Customizable		3 credits

Core Courses - Customizable

AS.472.611

Code	Course Title	Credits
AS.473.602	Intelligence Analysis	3
AS.473.644	Technical Collection of Intelligence
AS.473.665	Human Intelligence Operations

Core Courses - Customizable

Select One Intelligence Applications course:

Code	Course Title	Credits
AS.470.668	The Politics and Process of American Foreign Policy	3
AS.470.745	Threat Financing and Economic Warfare	3
AS.473.608	Leading Intelligence Organizations
AS.473.610	Analysis of Military Capabilities
AS.473.668	Intelligence to Secure the Homeland and Hometown
Total Core Courses - Customizable		3 credits

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