Program Requirement

In addition to the general requirements of the university, specific requirements for admission to classified graduate status are:

1. 2.5 GPA overall, with 3.0 in the major
2. Three letters of recommendation
3. A two-page statement of intent
4. Competence in the following prerequisite courses or their equivalents
5. Math 110: College Algebra
6. PSCI 203: American Government
7. PSCI 484: National Security Policy

Note: We do not require a GRE at this time.

Program Courses

1. Strategic Systems and Thought
2. National Security Politics
3. Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy
4. Military theory and strategy
5. Arms Control
6. International Security
7. Terrorism
8. Eurasian or Middle Eastern Security
9. Strategic Intelligence
10. Military Geography
11. International Economics
12. Operations Analysis
13. Politics of National Security
14. Sociology of Terrorism
15. International Law
16. American Foreign Policy
17. Political Intelligence
18. Naval Warfare and Maritime Strategy
19. Central Asian Politics
20. Eastern European Politics


Application Process
To be admitted to the Master of Arts in National Security Studies, the student will need to apply to both the University and the NSS Program. For the University, go to: http://enrollment.csusb.edu/GradPostBacAdmit.html. For NSS application, please download our NSS Application pdf and NSS Letter of Recommendation pdf files.