IC Center for Academic Excellence
MSC 01 1100
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Physical Location:
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Suite 137A, B & C
Phone: (505) 277-3223
Fax: (505) 277-2182
CLICK HERE FOR THE NEW 2018-19 BLA FLIER. And HERE for the Plan of Study.
HERE is the list of NSSP (GNS) LAIS classes for SPRING 2019.
Introduction
The Global and National Security concentration to the BLA degree is designed for students who wish to focus on analysis of global and national security issues and to their potential solutions. An understanding of the policy and technical elements of global and national trends is essential to being able to analyze issues and threats related to global and national security. To complete this concentration, students must take: basic critical thinking and quantitative analysis, a foreign (non-English) language sequence, a three credit-hour foundational course that introduces concepts of global and national security, as well as, an additional twenty-one hours of global and national security selected upper division (300 - 499) with no more than nine (9) credits in any one area.
Students must complete all requirements for the BLA degree under LAIS in UC and complete the concentration program outlined below. Following the concentration below and the BLA requirements will constitute an acceptable BLA program under LAIS. This BLA Concentration is to be offered through University College, Liberal Arts and Integrated Studies (LAIS) Program. The concentration will be supported in UC LAIS division by a faculty advisory committee through the UNM National Security Studies Program (NSSP) which is part of the new Global and National Security Policy Institute (GNSPI). Contact the LAIS program advisors in University College at 277-0122 or NSSP advisors at 277-3223 for more program details.
A closely related certificate is also offered at UNM through UC. The National Security and Strategic Analysis (NSSA) Certificate, which has a focus on analysis of global and national security issues, is open to all undergraduate students and recent graduates.
Requirements:
1. Basic critical thinking and quantitative analysis:
2. Nine (9) credit hours, chosen from:
3. Twelve (12) credits of a single foreign (non-English) language with 6 credits above 200.
4. Intro to Global and Nat Security LAIS 340 (3 cr).
5. In addition, Twenty-one (21) credit hours of Upper Division "Global and National Security Electives" chosen from the list available on the BLA / NSSP GNS website or from a BLA advisor. No more than 9 credit hours from any one area.
Shared Credit Hours between Undergraduate Certificates and Degrees:
If courses taken for an undergraduate certificate fall within the prescribed time limits for an undergraduate degree, the University allows shared course work between undergraduate certificates and a baccalaureate degree. If the student completes a certificate in conjunction with an undergraduate degree program, the student may use 100% of the certificate course work toward an undergraduate degree if it is approved as part of the degree.
All courses titled as "Topics", "Seminar", "Studies", or "Problems" need individual approval by BLA advisor prior to enrollment to count towards the degree requirements. Other courses not listed below may be pre-approved by the BLA advisor, such as many STEM courses above 300. In either case, students should present to the advisor a description of the course indicating topics relating to global and national security.
AFAS-Aerospace Studies
300 Air Force Leadership Studies
301 Air Force Leadership Studies
AFST-Africana Studies
315 Race and the Law
317 Civil Rights Movement
329 Introduction to African Politics
397 Interdisciplinary Topics
495 Topics in Africana Studies
AMST-American Studies
309 / 509 Topics in Social Movements
310 / 510. Topics in Cultural Studies
320 Topics in Environmental and Social Justice [Topics in Environment, Science and Technology]
350 / 550 Topics in Race, Class, Ethnicity
353 Race Relations in America
ANTH-Anthropology
330 Principles of Cultural Anthropology
333 / 533 Ritual Symbols and Behavior
339/539 Human Rights in Anthropology
340 Topics in Cultural Anthropology
343 / 543 Latin American Cultures and Societies
420 Topics in Archaeology
BIOL-Biology
310 Principles of Ecology
379 Conservation Biology
405 / 505 Ecosystem Dynamics
445 / 545 Biology of Toxins
475 / 575 Community Ecology
480 / 580 Global Change Biology
CJ-Communication and Journalism
313 EcoCultural Communication: Humans and "The Environment"
314 Intercultural Communications
317 International Cultural Conflict and Community Building
320 Conflict Management and Mediation
323 Nonverbal Communication
334 Political Communication
393 Topics in Communication and Journalism
ECON Economics
309 Introductory Statistics and Econometrics (substitute for Stat 314 requirement)
320 Labor Economics
321 Development Economics
331 Economics of Poverty and Discrimination
395 Seminar in Current Economic Issues
421 Latin American Economics
423 Topics in Latin American Development
424 International Trade
429 International Finance
Geo-Geography
352 Global Climate Change
381L Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
450 Environmental Hazards
464 / 564 Food and Natural Resources
467 / 567 Governing the Global Environment
483L / 583L Remote Sensing Fundamentals
499 Topics in Geography
HIST History
300 / 500 Studies in History
311 World War I, 1914-1918
313 / 513 World War II and Reconstruction in Europe
341 U.S. Foreign Relations from 1900.
350 / 550 Modern U.S. Military History, 1900 to Present
403 / 603 The Russian Empire: History at the Peripheries
406 / 606 The Medieval and Modern Apocalypse
422 / 622 Modern European Imperialism
432 / 632 Explorations in Russian and Eurasian Environmental History
441/641 History of Religion in America
465 / 645 History of Mexican Immigration
469/649 Inter-American Relations
473/653 Indigenous Peoples of Latin America
481/661 Intellectual History of Islam
INTS-International Studies
499 Topics in International Studies
LTAM-Latin American Studies
400 Topics in Latin American Studies
MGMT-Management
328 International Management
421 International Entrepreneurship
450 Computer-Based Information Systems
459 Information Analysis
470 Financial Markets and Institutions
474 International Financial Management
MLSL-Army ROTC
MLSL 302/302L Leadership in Changing Environments/Lab
MLSL 402/402L Leadership in a Complex World/Lab
MVSC-Naval ROTC
NVSC 401 Leadership and Management
NVSC 407 Leadership and Ethics
PCST-Peace Studies
306 Peace and Conflict
307 Nonviolent Alternatives
340 Topics in Peace Studies
PHIL Philosophy
366 Chinese Philosophy
365 Philosophy of Religion
381 Philosophy of Law
POLS-Political Sciences
300 Political Topics
307 The Politics of Ethnic Groups
315 Constitutional Law: Powers
316 Constitutional Law: Liberties
317 Constitutional Law: Rights
320 Topics in Comparative Politics
329 Introduction to African Politics
340 Topics in International Politics
341 International Conflict and Cooperation
342 American Foreign Policy
346 / 512 International Political Economy
354 Introduction to Latin American Society I: Social Sciences
356 Political Development in Latin America
372 Urban Politics
376 Health Policy and Politics
377 Population Policy and Politics
400 Advanced Political Topics
442 International Peacekeeping and Conflict Resolution
443 International Politics of Climate Change
478 Seminar in International Studies
496 Undergraduate Seminar
PSY Psychology
374 Cross Cultural Psychology
RELG-Religious Studies
333 Ritual Symbols and Behavior
SOC-Sociology
306 Peace and Conflict
312 Causes of Crime and Delinquency
398 Special Topics in Sociology
415 Inequality and Power
452 Community Organizing and the Struggle for Justice in America Peace Studies
461 Visualizing Global Change
SUST-Sustainability
402 Topics in Sustainability Studies