International Studies: National Security, B.A.

All students are required to complete:

• INT 250I - Security, Technology and Threat Assessment, 3 credit hours

In order to understand U.S. homeland security, all students take:

• POL 101D - U.S. Government and Politics, 4 credit hours
• POL 303 - Public Policy and Administration, 3 credit hours
• INT 463I - Special Topics Course, 3 credit hours - Security Capstone (offered in alternate years)

Students choose 2 of the following courses focused on U.S. policy:

• POL 208(D) - Special Legal Studies, 1-3 credit hours Special Topics: Spyware, Patriot Act and Privacy
• POL 307 - American Constitutional Law, 3 credit hours
• POL 308D - Civil Rights and Liberties, 3 credit hours
• POL 311I - American Foreign Policy, 3 credit hours

Students are required to take a Research Methods class in a discipline related to their area of interest (choose one of the following):

• POL 240 - Introduction to Political Analysis, 4 credit hours
• SOC 280 - Research Methods, 4 credit hours

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• ECN 379 - Advanced Statistical Methods, 4 credit hours

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• ECN 463 - Research Seminar, 3 credit hours

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• HIS 461 - Historiography, 3 credit hours

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• HIS 491 - Departmental Thesis/project, Credit hours to be arranged

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• INT 491 - Departmental Thesis Project, Credit hours to be arranged

Plus take two of the following:

• ECN 279 - Elements of Statistics, 4 credit hours

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• PSY 278 - Elements of Statistics, 4 credit hours

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• SOC 281 - Data Analysis Using PASW, 4 credit hours
• ECN 344 - Game Theory, 3 credit hours
• MTH 138 - Biostatistics, 3 credit hours

All students in consultation with their advisor choose courses from each of the areas listed below: