National Security Fellows Program

Required:

• PSI 2226 - Essentials of Security Studies

Pre-Professional Experiences (6 credits):

Six credits of pre-professional experiences. These can include those that are shared by the National Security Coordinator, found through other faculty members, or identified independently by students. They could include, but are not limited to:

• National Security Experiences course
• Security Simulations:
  • PSI 2240 Diplomacy, Statecraft, and War (Jan Term)
  • PSI 2300 Model United Nations
  • PSI 2301 Model European Union
  • PSI 2302 Model Arab League
• Internships
• Independent Studies
• Research Assistantships
• Summer Programs
• Other opportunities, as approved by the National Security Program Coordinator

Electives (24 credits):

• Up to 16 credits may be taken from the following list:

• PSI 2203 - International Law and Organization
• PSI 2204 - Approaches to International Relations
• PSI 2212 - Terrorism and Counterterrorism
• PSI 2213 - Comparative Politics of Europe
• PSI 2223 - Future War - Tech and Politics
• PSI 2225 - International Relations of Asia-Pacific
• PSI 2236 - The Politics of the Middle East
• PSI 3306 - National Security in a Changing World
• PSI 3307 - U.S. Foreign Policy
• PSI 3310 - Politics of Latin American Development
• PSI 3320 - Chinese Politics, Law & Environment
• PSI 3333 - Conflict Resolution, Peacemaking, and Peacekeeping in Post-Cold War World
• Relevant PSI 3TXX special topics courses

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  Up to 12 credits may be taken from the following list:

• CSC 1106 - The Art of Programming
• CSC 1141 - Computer Ethics
• CSC 3305 - Artificial Intelligence
• HIS 1185 - America and the Vietnam War
• HIS 2101 - Cold War as Global Conflict
• HIS 2104 - Illusory Frontiers
• HIS 2220 - 20th-Century Europe
• HIS 2229 - U.S. History in the Cold War Era, 1945-1991
• HIS 2247 - The Nuclear Age
• HIS 2248 - Surviving Totalitarianism
• HIS 3323 - Nationalism in Europe
• IDS 2215 - The Arab World
• MSC 3301 - Training Management and the Warfighting Functions
• MSC 3302 - Applied Leadership in Small Unit Operations
• MSC 4401 - The Army Officer
• MSC 4402 - Mission Command and the Company Grade Officer
• PHI 1105 - Contemporary Issues In Ethics
• PHI 2211 - Issues of Social Justice
• REL 2227 - Nonviolence: Gandhi, King and Mandela
• REL 2239 - Religion and Violence
• SOC 2215 - Growing Up in Gaza
• SOC 2408 - Gender, Violence, and Crime
• SOC 2422 - Global Social Change
• SOC 3225 - Deviant and Criminal Behavior
• SOC 3303 - Urban Sociology
• SOC 3420 - White Collar Crime
• SOC 3429 - Race and Ethnic Relations in the U.S.
• Up to two 2000-level foreign language courses
• Other electives (in consultation with the National Security Program Coordinator)

Total Program Hours: 34