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At every turn, global security is under threat. Today’s world needs multi-faceted individuals to develop and implement creative and effective policies that address complex challenges such as environmental vulnerability, public health crises, food and resource scarcity, regional conflict, cyber attacks and other natural and manmade causes of human insecurity.

With a USC Master of Arts in Global Security Studies, you can be a professional on the frontline of improving international relations and achieving a global civil society.

Learning Objectives:
The program academic goals are that upon completing this program, students will have developed the ability to apply major theoretical approaches of global governance, conflict resolution and human security to specific policy areas, such as national intelligence, transnational crime, environmental security, humanitarian intervention, and global human rights;

Critically evaluate the impact of natural and manmade threats to human populations through the use of testimonies, spatial analysis and geospatial visualization methodologies;

understand the work of a key organization in the global security community through an internship experience and develop briefing and presentation skills necessary for professionals at the forefront of policy change.