UC Homeland Security Program

Certificate in Security Studies
Focus in Homeland Security and International Security

The Department of Political Science's program in security studies imparts training in national and international security issues. It provides students with the substantive knowledge and analytic skills necessary to understand security issues.  Courses cover:

• Homeland and domestic security (Security and Intergovernmental Relations, Emergency Management Policy)
• International security issues (Politics of Terrorism, National Security Policy, Conflict in International Relations, Politics of International Crises, Nationalism, US Foreign Policy, International Cooperation, International Organization, International Law)
• Security in different regions of the world (Middle East Conflict, Security and Conflict in Asia, Politics in South Asia, International Relations in East Asia)
• human rights aspects (Politics of Human Rights, Constitutional Law).
• Cognate courses are also available from departments outside Political Science.

The following link provides additional information for the Certificate Program.  Graduate Students may take only graduate level courses for a graduate certificate:

•  http://www.polisci.uc.edu/Undergrad/SecurityStudies.pdf