Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
Students will be able to:
1. Analyze the sources and development of current major national security, intelligence, and foreign policy challenges facing the United States and its interests globally.
2. Demonstrate detailed knowledge in one or more specific areas of study.
3. Develop a deeper understanding of all the instruments of statecraft as well as how to use and integrate them strategically and ethically.
4. Appreciate the nature of the Western Moral Tradition and the founding principles of the American system along with their continued relevance to public policymaking.
5. Recognize the importance of different political cultures, the ideas and belief systems that animate them, their forms of statecraft, and their foreign policy purposes.
6. Communicate effectively with well-developed reasoning, writing, and rhetorical skills.
Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
Degree Program PLOs
- Doctor of Philosophy in Statecraft and Strategy (Ph.D.)
- Doctor of Statecraft and National Security (Professional)
- Doctor of Statecraft and Strategy (Professional)
- M.A. in Statecraft and National Security Affairs
- M.A. in Statecraft and International Affairs
- M.A. in Strategic Intelligence Studies
- M.A. in War Studies
- M.A. in Chinese and Asian Affairs
- Executive M.A. in National Security Affairs
- M.A. in Strategic and International Studies (Professional)
- Master of Arts in Statecraft and Strategy (Online)
- Professional Master of Arts in Statecraft and Strategy (Online)
- Executive Master of Arts in Statecraft and Strategy (Online)
- Joint Master of Science in Cyber Intelligence and Security
Certificate PLOs
Information on the Graduate Certificates may be found here.
American Foreign Policy
- Demonstrate knowledge of basic terms, concepts, history, theories, and geography related to American Foreign Policy.
- Exhibit detailed knowledge in American Foreign Policy.
- Apply knowledge of selected concentration to historical or contemporary context.
Comparative Political Culture
- Demonstrate knowledge of basic terms, concepts, history, theories, and geography related to Comparative Political Culture.
- Exhibit detailed knowledge in Comparative Political Culture.
- Apply knowledge of selected concentration to historical or contemporary context.
Conflict Prevention and Resolution
- Demonstrate knowledge of basic terms, concepts, history, theories, and geography related to Conflict Prevention and Resolution.
- Exhibit detailed knowledge in Conflict Prevention and Resolution.
- Apply knowledge of selected concentration to historical or contemporary context.
Corporate Statecraft
- Demonstrate knowledge of basic terms, concepts, history, theories, and geography related to Corporate Statecraft.
- Exhibit detailed knowledge in Corporate Statecraft.
- Apply knowledge of selected concentration to historical or contemporary context.
Counterintelligence
- Demonstrate knowledge of basic terms, concepts, history, theories, and geography related to Counterintelligence.
- Exhibit detailed knowledge in Counterintelligence.
- Apply knowledge of selected concentration to historical or contemporary context.
Counterterrorism
- Demonstrate knowledge of basic terms, concepts, history, theories, and geography related to Counterterrorism.
- Exhibit detailed knowledge in Counterterrorism.
- Apply knowledge of selected concentration to historical or contemporary context.
Cyber Statecraft
- Demonstrate knowledge of basic terms, concepts, history, theories, and geography related to Cyber Statecraft.
- Exhibit detailed knowledge in Cyber Statecraft.
- Apply knowledge of selected concentration to historical or contemporary context.
Defense and National Security
- Demonstrate knowledge of basic terms, concepts, history, theories, and geography related to Defense and National Security.
- Exhibit detailed knowledge in Defense and National Security.
- Apply knowledge of selected concentration to historical or contemporary context.
Instruments of Statecraft
- Demonstrate knowledge of basic terms, concepts, history, theories, and geography related to Instruments of Statecraft.
- Exhibit detailed knowledge in Instruments of Statecraft.
- Apply knowledge of selected concentration to historical or contemporary context.
Intelligence
- Demonstrate knowledge of basic terms, concepts, history, theories, and geography related to Intelligence.
- Exhibit detailed knowledge in Intelligence.
- Apply knowledge of selected concentration to historical or contemporary context.
International Economics
- Demonstrate knowledge of basic terms, concepts, history, theories, and geography related to International Economics.
- Exhibit detailed knowledge in International Economics.
- Apply knowledge of selected concentration to historical or contemporary context.
Nonviolent Conflict
- Demonstrate knowledge of basic terms, concepts, history, theories, and geography related to Nonviolent Conflict.
- Exhibit detailed knowledge in Nonviolent Conflict.
- Apply knowledge of selected concentration to historical or contemporary context.
Principles of Statecraft
- Demonstrate knowledge of basic terms, concepts, history, theories, and geography related to Principles of Statecraft.
- Exhibit detailed knowledge in Principles of Statecraft.
- Apply knowledge of selected concentration to historical or contemporary context.
Public Diplomacy and Strategic Influence
- Demonstrate knowledge of basic terms, concepts, history, theories, and geography related to Public Diplomacy and Strategic Influence.
- Exhibit detailed knowledge in Public Diplomacy and Strategic Influence.
- Apply knowledge of selected concentration to historical or contemporary context.
Strategic Soft Power
- Demonstrate knowledge of basic terms, concepts, history, theories, and geography related to Strategic Soft Power.
- Exhibit detailed knowledge in Strategic Soft Power.
- Apply knowledge of selected concentration to historical or contemporary context.
Grading Rubrics
IWP has standard grading rubrics for written presentations and oral presentations: