Real Connections, Real Results:
Government & National Security
Our national security depends upon the creativity, energy, and skills of young federal, state, and local officers operating overseas, at our borders, and in our homeland. The next generation of CIA, FBI, Homeland Security, and state and local officers will help define, detect, and defend against the threats to our national security that emerge in coming years. Hiring at all levels of government reflects our urgent and continuing need for more and better-educated new officers to defend our nation.
Tiffin University has developed a Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree in Government and National Security to help meet the growing and demanding needs of our governing agencies for motivated and well-educated graduates. Recruiters and other representatives from the CIA, FBI, Secret Service, and U.S. Marshals, among others, have come to TU to encourage our graduating seniors to apply for permanent positions with their agencies. They look to TU because they know that our graduates have the kind of practical, real-world education necessary to meet the many security challenges in the years to come.
The Government & National Security Curriculum
Our Government and National Security program reflects the real world of national security because our faculty comes from that world. The faculty has served in combat; in CIA stations and military installations overseas, in FBI field offices and with U.S. Marshals at home, and in the White House. They bring the real world of national security to our program through outside speakers, through internships, and, most of all, through instruction every day in the classroom.
TU Makes It All Relevant!
You won’t be doing book reports. You’ll be doing written and oral briefings on real and hypothetical security situations that require quick analysis and problem solving. TU makes it all relevant!
The first section of this major draws on those parts of a traditional curriculum that bear directly upon the workings of our governmental system in general, and our national security system in particular, at the federal, state, and local levels.
The second section of this major focuses on the structure, elements, and history of our consideration and use of the six major instruments of national power –diplomatic, military; economic/financial/commercial, law enforcement, covert action; and homeland security – used to protect and promote our national security. The curriculum also applies these elements to the issues of international security and of globalization that our majors will face upon graduation.
Your Course Of Study
Part One, The Federal Structure and Federalism: How our Government Works
NOTE: POL101 is a prerequisite for all
other courses in Part One.
| Course Number | Course Title | Credit Hour |
| POL101 | Introduction to the American Political Process | 3 |
| POL205 | The Presidency | 3 |
| POL206 | Congress | 3 |
| POL207 | The Courts | 3 |
| POL311 | Federalism | 3 |
Part Two, The Instruments of National Power: How National Security Works
NOTE: POL151 is a prerequisite for all other courses inPart Two.
| Course Number | Course Title | Credit Hour |
| POL151 | Introduction to National Security | 3 |
| HIS226 | Military History Since 1895 | 3 |
| ENF215 | Homeland Security and the Legal System | 3 |
| HIS225 | Diplomatic History Since 1895 | 3 |
| POL341 | Covert Action and Intelligence | 3 |
| POL345 | Economic Instruments of Security Policy | 3 |
| POL350 | International Security | 3 |
| ENF441 | Counterintelligence and Counter Terrorism | 3 |
| POL420 | Transnational and Unconventional Threats | 3 |
| SCS470 | Internship I | 3 |
| POL491 | Senior Seminar in Government and National Security | 3 |
Your Outcomes From The Government & National Security Major: What You Can Expect!
1. Graduates will be able to analyze, and devise solutions for, problems in national security within the framework of our instruments of national power and their use within our political/legal and policy context.
2. Graduates will possess a detailed understanding of the history and culture of other parts of the world.
3. Graduates will understand the historical context for current international security threats that face the United States at home and abroad, and how the United States uses the tools of state power to protect the vital interests of America.
4. Graduates choosing the technology option will demonstrate the ability to array and manipulate data for research and analysis purposes.
5. Graduates choosing the language option will understand a language other than English.
6. Graduates will understand potential careers and work expectations in the field of national security.
7. Graduates will exhibit critical multimodal communication skills.
8. Graduates will exhibit the ability to write and think critically.
Have Additional Questions?
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For more information about the BA Government and National Security Degree Program, or the School of Criminal Justice and Social Sciences, contact us at (419) 448-3292, or (800) 968-6446, ext 3292.