Master of Arts in Security and Intelligence Studies (Arlington)

The Master of Arts in Security and Intelligence Studies program prepares you to take a leadership role in the security field. You’ll be ready to anticipate and lead responses to security threats in an ever-changing, challenging global environment.Global security continues to be an evolving and critical issue facing countries, companies, and communities. Successful security and intelligence experts need to possess the critical thinking and problem-solving skills to effectively lead in responding to today’s challenging threat environment.The Master of Arts in Security and Intelligence Studies program offers a unique interdisciplinary approach that merges security, law, diplomacy, politics, and constitutional rights to create well-rounded security leaders. You’ll gain and hone skills in intelligence collection and dissemination, analysis, research, threat assessment, and evaluation of information and policy development while focusing on the importance of civil liberties in pursuing security in civil society.While this program is offered on campus, most of your classes will be taken online, allowing you to work with an extended network of students who participate in our different modalities.You will be learning from security experts, each with at least 20 years of teaching and real-world experience. They’ll share their experiences as constitutional lawyers, White House advisers, CIA operatives, military intelligence officers, and moreCareer OutlookThe program prepares students for security roles such as intelligence analyst, special agent, information security officer, corporate security specialist and manager, criminal investigator, or fraud investigator.

Online applicationStatement of purpose (500–1000 words): identifies your educational goals and expectations from the program; please be aware that the university's academic policy on plagiarism applies to your statement of purposeProfessional resuméUnofficial undergraduate transcripts; official transcripts required at the time of admissionEnglish language proficiency proof: Students for whom English is not their primary language must submit one of the following:Official associate or bachelor's degree transcript from an accredited college or university in the U.S., stating degree conferral and date