Notre Dame College – Master of Arts in National Security and Intelligence Studies
Notre Dame College offers a Master of Arts in National Security and Intelligence Studies. The
degree program is an online degree program that features three intensive weekend visits to
campus for on-site, practice purposes. This includes an Analytical Crisis exercise at the
midpoint of the program and the Student Capstone, which is a real-world, strategic project form
the government or private sector, is taken at the end of the program.
Required Core Courses:
SPS 500 Leadership, Ethics and Decision-Making 3
SPS 510 Security Policy Research Methods 3
SPS 511 Issues in Homeland Security 3
SPS 520 Terrorism and Counterterrorism 3
SPS 530 Critical Infrastructure: Threat Analysis and Resiliency 3
SPS 531 Strategic Intelligence and Warning 3
SPS 540 Geopolitics 3
SPS 550 Analytical Crisis Exercise Program 3
SPS 610 Transnational Threats 3
SPS 620 Biodefense and Disease Surveillance 3
SPS 630 Science, Technology and Security 3
SPS 640 Capstone I 3
SPS 641 Capstone II 3
Notre Dame College also offers Graduate Certificates, which are available 100% online.
Required Courses for each Certificate:
Certificate in Biodefense, Science & Technology Security Analysis
SPS 510 Security Policy and Program Analysis 3
SPS 511 Issues in Homeland Security 3
SPS 620 Biodefense and Disease Surveillance 3
SPS 630 Science, Technology and Security 3
Certificate in Transnational Threat Analysis
SPS 510 Security Policy and Program Analysis 3
SPS 511 Issues in Homeland Security 3
SPS 520 Terrorism and Counterterrorism 3
SPS 610 Transnational Threats 3
Certificate in Terrorism and Critical Infrastructure Analysis
SPS 510 Security Policy and Program Analysis 3
SPS 511 Issues in Homeland Security 3
SPS 520 Terrorism and Counterterrorism 3
SPS 530 Critical Infrastructure: Threat Analysis and Resiliency 3
Certificate in Strategic Intelligence and Risk Assessment Analysis
SPS 510 Security Policy and Program Analysis 3
SPS 511 Issues in Homeland Security 3
SPS 531 Strategic Intelligence and Warning 3
Plus one course from this group: SPS 520, SPS 530, SPS 540, SPS 610, SPS 620, SPS 630
Notre Dame College is fully accredited by The Higher Learning Commission of the Association
of Colleges and Schools as a degree-granting institution.
For more information:
Gregory Moore, Ph.D., Chair
Department of History & Political Science
Director, Center for Intelligence Studies
Notre Dame College
4545 College Road
South Euclid, OH 44121
Phone: (216) 373-5346
Email:
[email protected] John G. Hatzadony, Ph.D., CAMS
Director,
Graduate Studies
Notre Dame College
Regina Hall, Rm. 329
4545 College Road
South Euclid, OH 44121
Phone: (216) 373-6377
Email:
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