Not open to students who elect this as concentration in the MA in Military Studies

Upon completion of this certificate students will be able to:

• Discriminate "unconventional operations" within the larger scope of a conventional land warfare and debate how LIC (Low Intensity Conflict) or OOTW (Operations Other Than War) may be applied.
• Explain how special operations forces as being at the cutting edge of strategic engagement in the post-Cold War security environment.
• Analyze the history and mission of United States special operations forces and role within the low intensity conflict environment.
• Distinguish low intensity conflict and counter-intelligence activities using case studies; covert action in relation to the Presidency and espionage tradecraft, equipment, and operations.
• Examine covert actions via spy technology and use in the context of Intelligence and national security.
• Assess the conventional and unconventional joint warfare of the future in light of technological change and the information age, non-state military threats, rogue regimes, and clashes of culture between regions

LC500 / LC538 / MIL 580 - Introduction to Unconventional Warfare / Seminar in Unconventional Warfare
NS515 / MIL 581 - Special Operations and National Policy
LC513 / MIL 582 - Insurgency and Revolution
LC512 / MIL 583 - Low Intensity Conflict & Special Op Forces
LC505 / MIL 620 - Studies in Future War