National Security
Learn how national security decisions influence diplomacy, military strategy, domestic priorities, and international relations.
Program overview
Prepare to analyze national security and foreign policy issues through a multidisciplinary approach focused on strategy, leadership, and global affairs.
Why study National Security?
The National Security Certificate focuses on policy decisions surrounding U.S. national security and foreign policy. Students examine the role of the United States in the world through various lenses and can evaluate the impact of national security policy decisions and strategies on domestic priorities and global affairs.
What can you do with a certificate in National Security after graduation?
The National Security certificate prepares graduate students to analyze U.S. national security and foreign policy challenges and evaluate their implications for domestic and global affairs. Graduates may pursue positions with federal agencies, the military, intelligence organizations, think tanks, and international affairs organizations. Common entry-level roles include national security analyst, intelligence analyst, foreign affairs specialist, policy analyst, and research associate.
Featured Courses
HBS 551 Foundations of U.S. Foreign Policy
Survey of foreign policy process and decision making, diplomacy, international crisis management, foreign economic policy, and public opinion about foreign affairs. Overview of great power politics and intersection of domestic and international politics. Emphasis on U.S. foreign policy since 1945
HBS 552 U.S. National Security
Overview of national and international security issues and corresponding U.S. national security policies and strategies. Focus on grand strategy, civil-military relations, conflict management, military interventions, conventional and non-conventional warfare, termination of conflict, and peacekeeping.
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