Online Master of Arts in Global Security

Our world faces a variety of diverse, complex, and constantly shifting security challenges. Understanding and responding to these issues requires an interdisciplinary approach linking critical thinking with practical engagement. The online Master of Arts (MA) in Global Security, offered by The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, provides an overview of major ideas on the causes and costs of conflict, the structure and operation of domestic and international institutions, and policies to encourage and enable peace and stability. The program builds on the expertise of over 100 faculty at Arizona State University – one of the largest and most innovative public research institutions in the country – from multiple fields including, political science, history, law, public policy, religious studies, and engineering. It also integrates lectures, case studies and materials from a team of retired military, former government officials, journalists and scholars, many of whom are recognized thought-leaders in the field. Students may take this program from anywhere in the world, proceed at their own pace, and study while working.

The goal of the ASU online MA in Global Security is to connect different perspectives on global security with policy oriented discussions and debates. The program focuses on providing students with a strong foundation in key theories, themes, and concepts while encouraging problem solving through critical, multidisciplinary approaches. The MA in Global Security links cutting-edge research and scholarship with teaching materials from our team of experts and practitioners who have developed and implemented policies around the world. For example, units on conflict in the Middle East include interviews with former National Security Council staff as well as military advisors who helped create “the surge”; reflections on the costs of war include comments by a journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for reporting on “moral injury”; and, discussions of the meaning of war in the post-9/11 era involve conversations with top policy makers, legal scholars, human rights advocates and retired general officers.

Students have the option to choose one concentration from the following: Cybersecurity