Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
OPM-0016
Organization's ID:
NSP
Organization:
U.S. Office of Personnel Management
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
98 hours (2 weeks)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Graduate 3 Political Science or International Relations
Description

Objective:

To provide a high level overview of the complex problems involved in the administration of national security policy and the interrelationships among political, military, and technological factors affecting national security. To provide a strategic overview of the complex problems surrounding the creation and administration of U. S National Security Policy and its interrelationship with U. S. foreign, military, economic, and domestic policy.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Gain awareness of the U. S. position in the international economic community and the effects of the global economic situation on U.S. National Security
  • Examine the effects of transnational threats such as terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and the international drug trade on U. S. National Security interests
  • Achieve an understanding of the processes affecting new and continuing national security policies and strategies
  • Recognize the strategic basis for current national security deployment
  • And identify the interrelationships among political, economic, military, and technological factors affecting national security. Upon successful completion of this course, the student will learn the formal and informal structures and processes of the National Security Establishment
  • Understand the changing nature of external threats in a multi-polar world environment
  • Understand U. S. Defense Policy issues for the coming century
  • Understand the traditional and emerging roles and organizations within the U. S. intelligence community
  • Review the current strategic, political, and economic situation in theaters of interest to the United States
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Classroom Exercise
  • Discussion
  • Lectures
Supplemental Materials