MA in Security Studies
Tbilisi, Georgia
MA
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Aug 2025
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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Key Summary
The program's objective is to provide graduates with the ability to understand the formation and conduct of security policy in the field of international politics. Further, it provides the graduates with the competence to understand security policy-making and organizing defense matters as an integral component of security, as well as to research independently international political processes as the intersection of state policy, security, and defense issues.
Graduates of this program will be able to work at the Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government, Parliament (Committees), The SSS (State Security Service) of Georgia, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Foreign Intelligence, International Organizations in Georgia, Embassies, and local analytical organizations.
Program details
The Master’s program of Security Studies of 120 (ECTS) credits.
If she/he chooses to pursue this program the student passes the major with a total of 78 credits. The remaining 42 credits may be taken from the electives block of the same program.
Graduates of this program hold a Master's degree in Security Studies.
The Master’s program of Security Studies of 120 (ECTS) credits.
Student passes the major in a total of 78 credits. The remaining 42 credits may be taken from the electives block of the same program.
Graduates of this program hold a Master's degree in Security Studies.
Knowledge
- Deep and systemic knowledge of interconnection between theories (realism, neo-realism, institutionalism etc.) and policies implemented in the field of international relations.
- Deep and systemic knowledge of crucial elements relevant to the security field, including the complex nature of defense system, its organization and the challenges of defense policies.
- Deep knowledge of the genesis, forms and consequences of conflicts in the context of international and state security, which will help generate new ideas while developing and implementing defense/security policy.
Skills
- To resolve the dilemma of using a defense/military element as a priority foreign or domestic political instrument, along with the ability to deal with the problem of the ranking of national interests in the context of global security.
- To calculate threat-response ratio resource-wise (incl. force structure and capabilities) and apply legal and normative/regulatory mechanisms in legal disputes, or sectoral policies.
- To critically comprehend and evaluate the effectiveness of elements of state power, incl. in combination with military power.
- Interactive lectures
- Discussions/debates
- Explanation method
- Method of working on a book
- Material/Source search and selection in Libraries
- Simulation
- Critical analysis
- Project presentation
- Verbal method
- Case study and analysis
- Brief analytical papers
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