With a master’s in Intelligence and Security Studies, you’ll be prepared for a career addressing security challenges in areas like intelligence analysis and strategic security policy.
Graduates can use the degree for advancement in the military, law enforcement and academia.
By choosing to earn your master’s in Intelligence and Security Studies at Augusta University’s Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, you’ll be joining a fully-online program that exposes students to both theoretical and practical content in intelligence, strategic cybersecurity and security studies.
Intelligence and Security Studies is for you if you consider yourself
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Students in Augusta University’s Master of Arts with a major in Intelligence and Security Studies program will complete 36 credit hours, including a capstone or thesis.
The program is 100% online and designed to be completed in two years.
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Augusta University's graduate programs are among the best in the nation – and the world – and our graduate students are our most valuable assets. To ensure that our students earn more than a degree, the Graduate School offers a range of opportunities so they can develop the leadership, communication and personal skills needed for a rewarding life and academic, research or professional career.
About the Graduate SchoolExperience-based Education
The Georgia Cyber Information Warfare Internship program is a collaboration between the Georgia Cyber Center and the Intelligence and Security Studies program that provides opportunities for qualifying students to collaborate on research for the U.S. military, the Department of Defense and state law enforcement.
The nearby Georgia Cyber Center includes incubator/accelerator space for entrepreneurial cyber security companies, research labs, a 340-seat auditorium for public and private events and one of the nation’s few state-owned cyber ranges.
The city of Augusta is home to several high-profile cyber organizations, providing excellent networking and professional development opportunities.
The program’s online nature allows working professionals to advance their career goals while remaining employed.
Built around three central themes — intelligence, strategic cybersecurity and security studies — students build a solid foundation of knowledge and experience applicable to a wide variety of environments.
Students have the opportunity to enhance their resumes by publishing scholarly articles and research.
A partnership with the U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence allows service members to complete their degrees online.
Your Future
The Master of Arts in Intelligence and Security Studies prepares students for careers within military intelligence, industry security and academia. Potential careers include intelligence analyst, security specialist, personnel security specialist, cyber intelligence analyst and cryptologic language analyst.
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Learning Like No Other
Launched in 2018, the program’s enrollment has grown by more than 450 percent, with a quarter of the students having Department of Defense affiliations. Since the program is 100% online, you can pursue the degree whether you’re in the military or working full-time.
The capstone project connects you with experienced mentors that advance your understanding of strategic concepts and challenges.
Augusta University’s relationships with the Georgia Cyber Center, the U.S. Army Cyber Center for Excellence and other military and civilian enterprises built around intelligence and security provide excellent networking opportunities that can have a positive impact on your career choices.
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“One of the benefits of the MAISS program I found is that, due to Augusta being a military city, we had a lot of military folks in our courses. They would always go out of their way to explain stuff to us civilians, like what certain topics meant or real-world experiences of things we were talking about, and it definitely improved the course,” said Grayson LaHatte.
Augusta University Online recently celebrated the enrollment of 166 students into three graduate-level programs: Master of Public Health, Master of Science in Information Security Management and Master of Education in Instruction.
Augusta University and Savannah River National Laboratory are proud to announce a new agreement that formalizes their long-standing partnership and expands upon their shared mission to address global security issues.
