REQUIREMENTS FOR MINOR OFFERED BY DEPARTMENT
Undergraduate National Security Studies Minor (21 Hours)
Four principles train students to systematically and coherently analyze national security issues, develop writing and critical thinking skills, negotiate multiple and competing interests, and develop in-depth knowledge and application in substantive international policy issue(s). Certain special topics courses not listed below that have a significant national security component may also be eligible for inclusion in a students minor program plan. Approval of chief adviser is required to include courses not listed below.
1. CORE Courses (3 credits)
Cover the theories, processes, models, and methods of national security studies and security policy analysis. Choose from:
POLS 160 International Relations
NSST 175 Introduction to National Security
2. Writing and Analysis Courses (6 credits)
Develop writing and critical thinking/analysis skills that are relevant to the national security establishment. Choose two of the following one course from Writing and one course from Critical Thinking/Analysis for a total of 6 hours.
Writing (3 credits) Choose from:
NSST 375 Writing & Briefing for the National Security Enterprise
ENGL 151 Writing: Rhetoric as Argument
JOUR 102 The Art of Writing
Critical Thinking/Analysis (3 credits) Choose from:
NSST 376 Analysis for the National Security Establishment
COMM 312 Argumentation
PSYC 350 Research Methods & Data Analysis
SOCI 205 Introduction to Social Research I
SOCI 206 Introduction to Social Research II
3. Topics in Security (9 credits)
Students will develop a plan of study in consultation with the national security studies minor coordinator. Courses will be selected from the list below. (3 hours of 300 level and above and an additional 3 hours of 400 level and above credit required). Choose from:
ANTH 353 Anthropology of War
GEOG 217 Mapping Science in the 21st Century
GEOG 312 Introduction to Geospatial Information Sciences
GEOG 412 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
GEOG 418 Introduction to Remote Sensing
GEOG 420 Digital Image Analysis of Remote Sensing Data
GEOG 444 Geo-demographic & GIS
HIST 304 U.S. Military History since 1917
HIST 326 Algeria & France
HIST 368 History of Terrorism in the Modern World
HIST 425 History of Radical Islam
POLS 261 Conflict & Conflict Resolution
POLS 263 Causes of War & Peace
POLS 362 Globalization, Human Rights, & Diversity
POLS 363 U.S.A. Foreign Policy
POLS 375 Conflict & Development in Africa
POLS 398 Transnational Criminal Network
POLS 470 International Human Rights
POLS 472 State Terror
POLS 476 Ethnic Conflict & Identity
POLS 463 American Foreign Policy & the Use of the Military
POLS 462 Security in the Post-Cold War Era
POLS 479 Insurgency, Guerilla Warfare, & Terrorism
PSYC 498 Psychology of Terrorism
RELG 318 Islam in the Modern World
RELG 418 Fundamentalism, Religion & Politics
4. Capstone Course (3 credits)
Students will take a one-semester national securities capstone course.
NSST 475 Threats & Solutions to National Security in the 21st Century
Students must meet with the NSST coordinator to set up a plan of study. For more information or to enroll in the minor program, contact Tyler R. White, Department of Political Science, 514 Oldfather Hall, 402-472-9443. Email: twhite4@unl.edu.