The master's degree in defense and strategic studies requires 36 credit hours.
Once you’ve completed 18 hours, you must choose a thesis project or non-thesis project.
The master's degree in defense and strategic studies requires 36 credit hours.
Once you’ve completed 18 hours, you must choose a thesis project or non-thesis project.
Core Requirements. All students will take two core courses: Seminar on Nuclear Strategy and Arms Control, DSS 601 (3); and Seminar on International Security Affairs, DSS 632 (3). A minimum of 30 additional seminar hours would be selected by the student from the other DSS courses offered.
For the DSS/General option, the full array of elective courses is available.
For the DSS/WMD option, electives from the DSS course offerings that focus on WMD topics are required. See Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Graduate Certificate.
Research. A student will be required to complete either the Thesis option or the Non-thesis option.
To remain in the program, the student must maintain, by the completion of the second semester, a minimum GPA of 3.00 in DSS courses and in all graduate work, and make satisfactory progress toward the MS degree.