Education for the Next Generation of Security Specialists

CUSA's educational component includes training programs for security professionals and first responders as well as degree programs at the graduate level. Our Master's and Doctoral Programs are interdisciplinary and weave together perspectives from the social and natural sciences.

Graduate Education

CUSA is working with the Department of Planning, Policy, and Design in the School of Social Ecology to develop a Security Studies track in their proposed Masters of Public Policy Degree which is expected to begin in 2007-2008. This masters-level program will incorporate international relations, social science, physical science and business perspectives to train the next generation of security specialists for the public and private sectors.

In addition to the proposed MPP degree, a number of graduate degree programs in areas related to unconventional security are available through the University of California, Irvine.

CUSA is a University of California Center, and while it does directly offer graduate degrees, many of the students involved with CUSA are students in graduate programs at UCI. Most of our students are enrolled in degree programs through the School of Social Ecology. Follow the links below for more information:

• School of Social Ecology Graduate Programs & Degrees

• Graduate Studies at UCI

Graduate Fellowships

The Center for Unconventional Security Affairs (CUSA) is pleased to announce a call for proposals for two fellowships: (1) The Heather Mills McCartney Graduate Fellowship in Human Security, and (2) The Coalition Advocating Human Security Fellowships in Human Security. Application for these fellowships is open to all UCI doctoral students and are intended to support research on human security issues, including topics such as human rights, sustainable development, development of alternative energy sources and pro-poor technologies, medical and public health interventions, environmental change, peace building and conflict resolution. We especially encourage applications from students in fields of medicine, the natural sciences, engineering, and information technology whose work has applicability to reducing human insecurity.

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Student Affiliates

Graduate and Undergraduate Students from a number of academic programs at UCI are affiliated with CUSA.

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Education on Human Security Issues

CUSA's educational component includes training programs for security professionals and first responders as well as degree programs at the graduate level. Our Master's and Doctoral Programs are interdisciplinary and weave together perspectives from the social and natural sciences. In recent years we have developed and offered courses on: