Doctoral Degree Program

Doctorate, Strategic Security

Program Description
The Doctorate in Strategic Security is for board of Director level leaders and managers (or their government or military equivalent) who oversee personnel who comprise the strategic security industry. Graduates will be able to coordinate effectively a wide range of strategic security resources and personnel, across multiple agencies if necessary, to produce timely, objective, and accurate intelligence and other security-related products. They will communicate their information to top-level policy and decision makers clearly and coherently. Graduates will also be adept at managing assets and adjusting strategies in dynamic security environments. All courses are four and a half quarter units unless otherwise noted.


Program Objectives

Graduates of this program will be able to:
  • Demonstrate acquisition and mastery of the skills necessary to be considered subject matter experts on such topics as terrorist threats (domestic and foreign) and the protection of property and persons through prevention and preparedness programs, including chemical/ biological/radiological/nuclear (CBRN) threat scenarios.
  • Establish through analytic and evaluation skills learned in these courses that they are able to lead others in the performance of analytic tasks and functions in the gathering of intelligence and the determination of best steps for preventing and forestalling emerging threats.
  • Express through demonstrated exploratory inquires and research an advanced ability to work with and conduct inter- and intra-agency networking and liaisons with IC, LE, and other entities on analytic issues and efforts at both the tactical “get-the-job-done” level as well as the theoretical and strategic “planning” level.
  • Show via presentations, forums and discussions with program faculty, advisors and peers the ability to author reports and briefs on complex topics tailored to the needs of clients at all levels.
  • Apply appropriate industry standards for collecting intelligence, and to determine best course of action based on that intelligence.
  • Demonstrate skills needed to distinguish appropriate policy and procedural options.
  • Develop the skills and strategies necessary to prevent the politicizing of intelligence and analysis.