Global Security and(or) intelligense studies

zapfino
Sat, 01 Jan 2011 17:26:08 +0000

OP, I think that’s correct that you won’t find any top universities offering a similar degree. For one thing, most top universities would not offer some of the applied coursework that Embry Riddle offers. Nonetheless, I looked at Embry Riddle’s curriculum and it combines several areas in an interesting way.

So here are some possible options for you to consider:
Part of the ER curriculum consists of courses in international relations. There are many universities that offer IR majors, and several of them offer a track or a subconcentration in international security.

Part of the ER curriculum consists of courses in criminal justice/forensics. There are many universities that offer criminal justice majors, and a few that offer programs in forensic science. If you’re interested in cybersecurity, some universities have developed programs in that area, and many computer science, IT, informatics programs offer coursework in that area.

Part of the ER curriculum consists of coursework in Middle Easter studies, and there is an option that combines the ER curriculum with Chinese language studies. There are a number of universities that offer majors in Middle Eastern/Near Eastern Studies. There are also programs in Asian/East Asian Studies. These include relevant language studies, e.g., Arabic or Chinese. For relevant language study, you might look at the Language Flagship programs in critical languages: [The Language Flagship - * Welcome *](http://www.thelanguageflagship.org/)

More recently, several universities have developed programs in Homeland Security and/or Emergency Preparedness or Emergency Management. Here is a list: [Center for Homeland Defense & Security: Colleges and Universities Offering Homeland Security Programs](http://www.chds.us/?partners/institutions)

So a lot depends on your particular interests, and what you might plan to do with such a major. If you have an interest in one of more of the particular areas listed above, you might be able to combine some of them in your studies through various major/minor/certificate combinations, though you probably couldn’t come up with quite the same combination as the ER curriculum. I’ll leave it to you to search for the particular schools that offer the areas that interest you.