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Degree Requirements and Learning Outcomes

 Earn your Master's in Global Affairs and Human Security degree at UBalt. 

 

Degree Requirements

  • These requirements apply to students entering this program in fall 2024 and thereafter. Students who enrolled earlier should consult the catalog in effect at the time they enrolled.
  • Read the course descriptions.

This 36-credit master's program requires the following:

  • GAHS 504 Human Security and Social Change
  • GAHS 508 International Organization 
  • CNCM 506 Understanding and Assessing Conflict
  • CNCM 740 Ethnic and Cultural Factors in Conflict 
  • GAHS 600 Managing NGOs 
  • GAHS 610 International Development 
  • GAHS 625 Atrocities, Genocides, and Prevention
  • PUAD 629 Public Program Evaluation* or CNCM 510 Research Methods

* If students do not demonstrate knowledge of elementary statistics, they are required to take PUAD 628 Statistical Applications in Public Administration before taking PUAD 629.

Choose two.

  • GAHS 510 International Migration and Human Security 
  • GAHS 605 International Political Economy and Development 
  • HSMG 660 Comparative Global Health and Human Security
  • HSMG 766 Health Systems Management: Organizational Design and Human Resources 
  • PUAD 704 Managing Diversity
  • PUAD 709 Individual Research
  • other courses as approved by program director
  • GAHS 740 Global Affairs and Human Security Capstone
  • GAHS 760 Internship/Field Placement Seminar*

*The final integrative component of the program is an internship/field placement. No thesis is required.

Learning Outcomes

Assurance of Learning: M.A. in Global Affairs and Human Security 

Mission Statement: The Master of Arts in Global Affairs and Human Security program provides opportunities for students interested in international issues to develop functional skills that will allow them to compete for careers in the non-profit sector and with supra-national organizations. The mission of the program is to expose students to contemporary issues in sustainable development, good governance, transnational problem solving, and the promotion of human security. Students examine the ways that NGOs, supra-national organizations, intergovernmental bodies, and global actors work together to address issues of human well-being, while confronting challenges that are beyond any single government or entity to solve.

Program-Level Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completing the M.A. in Global Affairs and Human Security program:

Students must be able to discuss the interrelationships of globalization, social change, good governance or lack thereof, and insecurity on human development.

Students must be able to develop appropriate program or policy within the context of global governance and international organizations to address contemporary global issues and improve human well-being.

Students must be able to apply theories and concepts of global governance, transnational problem solving, and human security to real world case studies.

Students must be able to work successfully in both management and service delivery within real or simulated non-profit organizations.

Students must be able to evaluate existing programs with non-profit, intergovernmental, and supranational bodies to determine efficacy and address shortcomings.