The School of Graduate Studies and Research will be offering a Master of Science Degree in National Security and Strategic Studies at the UWI Mona Campus beginning in September 2005. The objectives of the programme are to educate and prepare scholars in strategy and national security for positions of senior levels in the government and security forces in the region, and for positions in regional universities and colleges, and research institutions. Participants are also expected to conduct basic policy relevant research in crucial topics of security strategy and pertinent aspects of criminology, with a view to providing a better understanding and thus more appropriate solutions for the security problems confronting the Caribbean. The educational emphasis will be placed on a policy-oriented approach, as well as on critical examination of the theories and concepts that have influenced regional strategic, defence and anti-crime policies.
Particular attention will be paid to emerging strategic trends that pose long-term challenge to the Caribbean security as a region and individual countries, and raise complex trade-offs for policy makers Further information may be obtained from Dr. Hilton McDavid, Department of Management Studies at tel. no 977-3775 or Mrs. Barbara Miller, Assistant Registrar for Graduate Studies and Research.