Master of Arts in Statecraft and National Security Affairs
This degree is designed for students currently in the intelligence or national security communities or for those who wish to enter one of these career fields. It provides a comprehensive study of the theory and practice of intelligence and national security policy, process, and implementation, both in historical and contemporary perspectives. Significant attention is directed toward vital current policy issues as well as understanding foreign cultures and the practices of foreign powers.
Candidates for this degree are required to complete a minimum of fifty-two credits, 12 four-credit courses and 2 two-credit courses. Students may also be required to enroll in an advanced research and writing seminar. At least ten of the courses must come from the Core Curriculum, while four courses must be taken in either the Intelligence, National Security and Defense Studies, or Public Diplomacy and Political Warfare specializations. Ideally, the ten Core Curriculum courses will be completed prior to the specialization.
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Language Requirements
Candidates for this degree are not required to pass a language proficiency examination, but may elect to do so in order to add an important skill to their academic credentials and marketability. Such students are strongly encouraged to take advantage of the same language training opportunities made available to candidates in the Statecraft and World Politics degree program.
Specialization in Intelligence
Counterintelligence in a Democratic Society (Required)
Intelligence and Policy (Required)
American Counterintelligence and Security for the 21st Century
American Intelligence and Protective Security: An Advanced Seminar
Case Studies in Counterintelligence Operations
Comparative Intelligence Systems: Foreign Intelligence and Security Cultures
Foreign Propaganda, Perceptions and Policy
Political Warfare: Past, Present and Future
Military Intelligence and Modern Warfare
Cultural Implications for Strategy and Analysis
Spies, Subversion, Terrorism and Influence Operations
Information Operations and Information Warfare
U.S. Intelligence in the Cold War and BeyondSpecialization in National Security Affairs
National Security Policy Process (Required)
U.S. National Security Strategy and Emerging Threats (Required)
Chinese Grand Strategy: Foreign and Military Policy
Economic Statecraft and Conflict
Counterintelligence in a Democratic Society
Political Warfare: Past, Present and Future
Immigration and National Security
Intelligence and Policy
Military Strategy: An Overview of the Theorists of Warfare
Japan: Old and New
Information Operations and Information Warfare
Nuclear Weapons Proliferation
Terrorism and CounterterrorismSpecialization in Public Diplomacy and Political Warfare
Counterintelligence in a Democratic Society (Required)
Japan: Old and New (Required)
Political Warfare: Past, Present and Future
Ideas and Values in International Politics
Mass Media and World Politics
Problems of Promoting Regime Change and Democracy
Information Operations and Information Warfare




