9 Security BA Degree Programs

The Bachelor of Arts in International Relations: Global Security Studies offers the student a modern and interdisciplinary education in international relations with a concentration in security studies. Graduates earn a globally recognized degree, accredited in the US and EU, and earn it in three years instead of four.

The B.A. in Political Science with Concentration in Security and Intelligence Studies encourages students to gain a broad, well-rounded understanding of the ethics, processes, priorities, and outcomes of national security policy, with a focus on the role of information and intelligence in the policymaking process. The concentration is designed to prepare students to work in a wide range of occupations in the government, private, non-profit sectors that deal with national security broadly understood, and for the obligations of state, national, and global citizenship in the 21st century.

The BA in Cybersecurity at VIZJA University trains specialists who can recognise threats and protect organisations in a digitised world. Across three years, you’ll combine social-science insight (law, policy, communication) with practical IT basics (programming, networks, security technologies).

The specialization of the BA in Security and Strategic Studies, in Emergency Management, focuses on the causes and possible reaction methods against all kinds of security challenges national and international. Learning how to plan and manage human capital and resources against a crisis, is important. The specialty courses will help you shape, comprehend, analyze and apply appropriate security and strategic knowledge management steps against security leveled crises.

The specialization of the BA in Security and Strategic Studies, in Risk Management, emphasizes and assesses sustainability and growth. The courses offered to allow students to explore elements on how to mitigate risk in security and strategically led environments. Assessing risk will require both theoretical and empirical evidence, quality in the analysis, and the ability to create foresight-level risk and growth assessments.

Security Studies offers an in-depth look at the issue of security, focusing on its non-military aspects such as those related to the social, political, economic, informational and environmental sectors. Security Studies analyses security problems at the local, national and transnational levels through the prism of internationalization, and with an emphasis on human security, security and safety management, strategies aiming at preventing and combating threats. The uniqueness of the studies lies in the combination of theoretical knowledge and practical skills. A rich internship program which is a part of the Security Studies program gives students the opportunity to combine theory with their first professional experience. As a result, graduates become professionals capable of providing efficient responses to different security challenges and engage in decision-making processes within the security sector.

The specialization of the BA in Security and Strategic Studies, in Crisis Management Communication, assures learning of and about crisis situations, management of crises, and communication effectiveness skills, in a constantly challenging environment. The Program’s specialization is tailored to meet the needs of the GCC and the Middle East, in line with the UAE vision on security resilience, taking into account multidisciplinary approaches to crisis management communication actions and actors. The specialization creates strategists and security experts that can have an important role in pre-during and after conditions in a crisis situation.

The specialization of the BA in Security and Strategic Studies, in Disaster Management, envisions a wide variety of expected or unexpected events that request security effectiveness and strategic planning ahead of a possible crisis. It also requires contingency planning in case of an unexpected disaster that ranges from natural to man-made. Specialty courses, encompass an analysis of the causes, how a crisis occurs, and the short and long-term consequences on how a crisis can be avoided or averted.

The program in Security Management prepares students for careers in protecting people, property, and information. It covers a range of topics including security principles, criminal justice, investiga...