MA/MS in National Security

General Description: Objective(s) of a study programme: 1) To provide knowledge on complexity of national security policy, on application of its‘s instrumensts in the national and international politics; 2) to develop the capacity to investigate national and global security situation, the practical realization of the national security policy decisions; 3) to develop the capacity of self-use diverse information, to convey it to different audiences. Learning outcomes: 1) Graduates are knowledgeable about the dimensions of national security, its complexity, methods of threats prevention, strategic Lithuanian domestic and foreign policy objectives at regional and global security system; 2) the ability to combine the information of different areas in interdisciplinary research and to effectively apply on the solution of national and international security issues; 3) the ability to expertize national security strategies and national interests interactions of great powers and small states; 4) the ability to formulate solutions of public safety problems, to foster the citizenship and values of democratic participation; 5) the ability to communicate the acquired professional knowledge and mastered skills to target audiences. Activities of teaching and learning: Lectures, seminars, projects, reports Methods of assessment of learning achievements: Credit, exam, colloquium, report Framework: Study subjects (modules), practical training: National Security History and Theory; Politics of Internal Security; International Humanitarian Law; Political Philosophy Problems of Security; EU Foreign and Security Policy; The Strategies of National Security of the Republic of Lithuania; Information Warfare and Information Security; European Geoplitics; Research Project; Master's Final Thesis Specialisations: None Optional courses: Elective courses: Security Policy Transnationalisation; World Economy and International Relations; Strategic Communication; Modern Nationalism in Europe Distinctive features of a study programme: 1) The programme is focused to develop a broad range of specialists, who are able to integrate the separate national, regional and global security dimensions necessary for responsible participation in international politics. 2) The programme highlights the Lithuanian national interests realization specifics typical for cooperation in various fields with neighboring countries, posing a threat to stability of the.regional and international security system. 3) The programme educates national security specialists able to quickly respond to emerging potential security threats, provocations and to provide expert recommendations to strengthen the the basic - traditional and current - state and public security issues (energy, information, cyber, etc.). Access to professional activity or further study: Access to professional activity: Graduates will be able to work as security policy experts, consultants, advisers, promoters and executors of projects in: 1) regional, international security organizations (EU, OSCE, NATO, UNIPOL, EUPOL) units and their missions in Lithuania and abroad; 2) different levels of Lithuanian political institutions: the Parliament, ministries, municipal departments; 3) non-governmental organizations, social enterprises, providing educational citizenship and public safety services. Access to further study: Access to the third cycle studies.