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International Security Graduate Certificate

Gain insight into the complex issues that shape the global security landscape.

  • Format

    Online with On-Campus Options

  • Tuition

    $13,360

  • Courses

    4

  • Next Start Term: Spring 2025

    Registration is open through January 23, 2025

What You'll Learn

  • Understand the central themes around globalization, global security, foreign policy, and models of conflict.
  • Gain perspective on the role nation-states and international organizations play in the modern global system, particularly as it relates to conflict management, human rights, trade, and economic development.
  • Build knowledge in focused topic areas, such as international cybersecurity, security strategies in the Middle East, nuclear weapons, political risk assessment, and press relations.

Our Community at a Glance

You and your diverse peers will build expertise to help advance a career in government, an NGO, an international organization, or a multinational corporation.

  • 50%

    Applied Certificate to ALM Degree

  • 80%

    Working Full Time

  • 50%

    Pursued Certificate to Deepen Expertise or Advance Career

  • 95%

    Would Recommend Certificate

Register for Spring 2025

Enroll in your first certificate course this spring — no application required. Registration is open through January 23, 2025.

Certificate Courses

The professional graduate certificate in International Security requires four courses.

You may choose any four courses from the International Security certificate course group, using the certificate course search.

Earning Your Certificate

Most of our certificates can be completed online and no formal application process is required to pursue a certificate.

To meet the requirements for the certificate, you must:

  • Complete the four certificate courses for graduate credit.
  • Earn at least a B grade in each course.
  • Complete the courses within three years.

Learn more about pursuing a certificate and the process of requesting your certificate.

Stack Your Certificate Into a Degree

Stackable credential pathways allow you to earn multiple credentials by completing courses that meet overlapping requirements. In the short term, you can earn your international security certificate. Once completed, those four courses may count toward either a master’s degree in government or a master’s degree in international relations.

This stackable pathway offers an efficient, cost-effective way to earn short-term credentials to help fill immediate skill gaps and acquire specialized knowledge while building a foundation for long-term success that showcases your expertise in the field.

Learn how to plan a stackable credential pathway.

Cost

Affordability is core to our mission. When compared to our continuing education peers, it’s a fraction of the cost.

Our Tuition (2024–25 rate) $3,340 per course
Average Tuition of Peer Institutions $5,476 per course
Average Total Cost $13,360