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2022-2023 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog 
    
 
  Mar 29, 2024
 
2022-2023 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Human Security, MPIA


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In Spring 2022 the Human Security, MPIA program was terminated. Current students will be given the option to switch to the new structure. By default, students will be allowed to complete the program as it existed when they enrolled until Spring 2027.

Human Security


Because the globalization process has made the world seem exponentially smaller, threats from tsunamis, earthquakes, disease and starvation are arriving faster and in more dramatic fashion than ever before. One of the most innovative, forward-thinking disciplines in international affairs today, the human security major covers a wide swath of issues critical to the safety of people worldwide.

GSPIA’s program, one of the first of its kind in the United States, emphasizes the development of peacekeeping and peace-building skills. Students study threats to individuals from nongovernmental, nonmilitary sources. Examples of threats include civil wars, international migration and crime, global climate changes and natural disasters. We teach students to focus on the human condition as a planet, resulting in a new generation of leaders able to guide our global community through some of the most perilous times is has ever experienced.

The major curriculum, comprising 12 credits, follows:


GSPIA Core Requirements (See Master’s Degree Requirements): 12 credits


HS Major Courses: 12 credits


  • PIA XXXX Approved HS major course
  • PIA XXXX Approved HS major course
  • PIA XXXX Approved HS major course
  • PIA XXXX Approved HS major course

Electives: 15 credits


Minimum Required Credits: 48 credits


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