Nuclear Security
Explore how policy, strategy, and international cooperation shape efforts to secure nuclear materials, prevent proliferation, and protect national and global security.
Program overview
Develop the knowledge and analytical skills to address complex nuclear security challenges and evaluate policies that protect national and global security.
Why study Nuclear Security?
The Nuclear Security Certificate is designed to equip students with the knowledge necessary to address the unique challenges associated with the security and management of nuclear weapons, materials, and facilities. Students are engaged in topics such as U.S. nuclear security policies, deterrence strategy, nuclear proliferation, arms control, export control, safeguards, and potential threats.
What can you do with a certificate in Nuclear Security after graduation?
The Nuclear Security certificate prepares graduate students to analyze nuclear issues at the intersection of national security, public policy, and international affairs. Graduates may pursue positions with federal agencies, national laboratories, think tanks, defense organizations, and policy research institutions. Common entry-level roles include policy analyst, national security analyst, research associate, and program analyst.
Featured Courses
HBS 552 U.S. National Security Policy
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.
HBS 554 Nuclear Security in an Age of Emerging Technologies
Nuclear proliferation, nuclear capabilities, nuclear deterrence strategy, treaties and international organizations managing nuclear weapons, threats of non-state actors acquiring nuclear and radiological material, and best practices for safeguarding and securing nuclear material.
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