Security Studies Minor

Requirements for Security Studies Minor:

The minor requires 24 hours of course work, including 6 hours of core courses, 6 hours of courses on US Foreign Policy, and 12 hours of Security Studies electives. For successful completion of the minor students must take 9 or more hours outside their major.

Core Courses (6 hours):

• PLS 220 - Introduction to International Relations and
• PLS 423 - National Security Policy or
• PLS 424 - International Security

US Foreign Policy Foundations (6 hours):

• HST 301 - Foreign Policy of the United States
• PLS 422 - Contemporary American Foreign Policy

Security Studies Electives (12 hours):

• ANT 310 - The Ancient Maya
• ANT 316 - Exploring World Cultures
• ANT 327 - Globalization & Culture Change
• ANT 329 - Environmental Justice Ethnography
• ANT 330 - The Immigrant Experience
• CRM 410 - World Criminal Justice Systems
• CRM 420 - Collective Violence
• GGY 328 - Intermediate Geographic Information Systems
• GGY 340 - Population, Resources, and the Environment
• GGY 322 - Remote Sensing in Environmental Analysis
• GGY 428 - Advanced Remote Sensing
• HST 104 - Introduction to Global History Since 1848
• HST 317 - Northern Ireland from 1880
• HST 326 - Russia Since 1881
• HST 353 - The American Revolution and Formation of the United States
• HST 360 - History of Modern China
• HST 366 - History of Southeast Asia
• HST 368 - History of Modern Latin America
• HST 372 - History of Modern Africa
• HST 374 - History of West Africa
• HST 375 - History of Central and Eastern Africa
• HST 378 - Gandhi and Gandhism
• HST 388 - History of the Middle East from World War I
• HST 389 - History of Palestine and Israel
• HST 399 - Europe Since 1945
• INT 330 - Topics in Africa
• INT 335 - Topics in Asia
• INT 340 - Topics in Europe
• INT 345 - Topics in Latin America
• INT 350 - Topics in the Middle East
• PAR 230 - Judaism, Christianity and Islam
• PAR 232 - Asian Religions
• PAR 362 - Archaeology of Ancient Israel
• PAR 370 - Tibetan Buddhism
• PAR 371 - Buddhism
• PAR 374 - Japanese Religions
• PAR 378 - Caribbean Religions
• PLS 330 - Political Systems of Africa
• PLS 333 - Politics of South America
• PLS 334 - Revolutionary Movements
• PLS 336 - Russian and Post-Soviet Political Systems
• PLS 337 - Chinese Politics
• PLS 338 - Political Systems of the Middle East
• PLS 339 - Asian Politics
• PLS 424 - International Security
• PLS 428 - Global Terrorism
• SOC 215 - Modern Social Problems
• SOC 325 - Racial and Ethnic Group Relations
• SOC 326 - Collective Behavior and Social Movements

Total: 24 hours