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International Security, MA at George Mason University

George Mason University, United States

Programme overview

The program trains early to mid-career professionals who seek the analytical and substantive capabilities to address the security challenges of the 21st century. In addition to understanding the traditional military and diplomatic approaches that characterized the state-centric security framework of the last century, the program's core courses will provide a firm grounding with regard to public-private and international collaborative responses to emerging and unconventional threats, ranging from transnational crime, terrorism, illicit trade, proliferation of emerging technologies and WMD, and corruption to state fragility and ethnic and sectarian conflict.

Faculty: Schar School of Policy and Government  |  Duration: 36 credits  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Fairfax, VA, United States

What you will study

Total 36 credits. Curriculum courses listed include National Security Technology and Policy; International Relations; International Security; Introductory Data Analysis for Policy and Government; Grand Strategy; Politics and Practice of International Security Policy.

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Graduate applicants pay a non-refundable $75 application fee. Application deadlines and requirements differ by programme and are listed on each programme's page.

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