Graduate Certificate in Sustainability and Security Studies
Program Description
The Graduate Certificate in Sustainability and Security Studies addresses the increasing global, regional, national and local concern about sustainable security. It provides tools to help individuals better understand contemporary intersections between sustainability and security concerns. The program seeks to enhance student’s understanding of the highly complex intersections between contemporary sustainability and security challenges as well as examine various possible responses to such threats. It thus combines studies of theories, strategies, approaches, and actions related to the causes, conduct and resolution of sustainable security challenges.
The Graduate Certificate in Sustainability and Security Studies program is an ideal choice for:
1. Graduate students seeking to enhance their understanding of the complex intersections surrounding contemporary sustainable security issues
2. Military personnel aspiring to become the ‘thinking warriors’ required of the US military in the twenty-first century knowledge economy
3. Government civilian employees at the federal, state, and local level seeking to expanded expertise related to sustainable security issues
4. Professionals with or seeking defense-, sustainability-, and security-related careers
5. Individuals interested in pursuing careers in homeland security, public policy, defense, environmental, security, and related fields
6. International students seeking a better comprehension of contemporary sustainable security concerns
1. Students demonstrate comprehension of the complex intersections between sustainability and security issues
2. Students demonstrate the ability to think critically about the complex interrelationships between sustainability and security
Two Sustainability Courses (6 credits):
|
DEPT |
COURSE # |
TITLE |
|
ENVS |
6010 |
Seminar: Global Climate Change |
|
ENVS |
6030 |
Seminar: Sustainable Energy Systems |
|
ENVS |
6040 |
Seminar: Sustainable Building Science |
|
SUST |
6000 |
Seminar: Sustainable Human Systems |
|
SUST |
6001 |
Seminar: In Environmental Governance |
|
SUST |
6330 |
Seminar: Industrial Ecology and Sustainability |
|
SUST |
6340 |
Seminar: Environmental History of the Modern World |
|
SUST |
6350 |
Seminar: Global Markets in Transition |
|
SUST |
6360 |
Seminar: Sustainability Strategies and Indicators |
|
SUST |
6500 |
Seminar: Ecological Economy and Sustainable Development |
|
SUST |
6920 |
Seminar: Special Topics in Global Leadership and Sustainable Development |
Two Security Courses (6 credits):
|
DEPT |
COURSE # |
TITLE |
|
HIST |
6650 |
Seminar: Oil: History, Security, and Sustainability |
|
HIST |
6670 |
Modern and Contemporary Genocide |
|
HIST |
6680 |
Seminar: Strategic and Military Theory |
|
INTR |
6500 |
International Relations and National Security of Asia |
|
INTR |
6640 |
Transnational Security Threats |
|
PSCI |
6151 |
Seminar: Global Governance |
|
PSCI |
6300 |
Seminar: Indian Foreign and Security Policy |
|
PSCI |
6400 |
Seminar: Chinese Foreign & Security Policy |
|
PSCI |
6451 |
Seminar: Security in the Americas |
|
PSCI |
6610 |
Seminar: Politics of Developing Nations |
|
PSCI |
6620 |
Seminar: Peacebuilding and Conflict Management |
|
PSCI |
6630 |
Seminar: National and International Security |
|
PSCI |
6660 |
Seminar: Civil Resistance and Non-Violent Movements |
|
PSCI |
6661 |
Seminar: Politics of Terrorism |
|
PSCI |
6670 |
Seminar: Democratization and Human Rights |
|
PSCI |
6671 |
Seminar: Transitions to Democracy |
|
STSS |
6301 |
China’s National Security and Modern Military Doctrine |
|
STSS |
6666 |
Seminar: Insurgency & Counterinsurgency |
|
STSS |
6668 |
Counterintelligence and Counterterrorism |