ProgramCIP 45.0902

National Security Policy Studies

A program that focuses on the theory and application of intelligence, diplomacy, military power, and related tools of statecraft to national defense policy formulation and power projection. Includes instruction in history, political theory, public policy analysis, civil-military relations, military and defense studies, homeland security, leadership, threat scenarios, regional and local issues, alliance and coalition issues, defense budgeting and economics, intelligence, and strategy.

Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).

Also called National Security Studies, Strategic Studies.