Program Details

Defence and Security

Academic Unit : Faculty of Resilience

Program chair

Dr. Warren Chin

Delivery Site(s)

Off-campus Instructional Site

Mode(s) of Delivery

Face-to-Face

Mode(s) of Study

Full-Time

Bachelor of Science

Duration 3 Years

No. of Credits 120

Mission

To prepare the next generation of Armed Forces officers to be competent, knowledgeable, professional, and resilient leaders capable of defending and protecting the UAE and its national interests.

Description

The Defence and Security program includes highly specialised, multidisciplinary courses in military leadership, critical thinking, ethics, and joint warfighting. This world-class qualification is unique in the region and through a combination of lecture, discussion, simulation exercises and applied real-world scenarios, students learn team leadership, professional ethics, joint operations, and resilience of national security through the core principles of contemporary relevance, integration, cooperation, joint-force coordination, and interoperability. Graduates are joint-service military officers that will grow and mature together with their parent Services and national Defence Forces.

Educational Objectives

Have relevant technological skills, knowledge, and abilities for employment as a manager in the SSDEC sector.
Work, lead, and communicate effectively in a team to achieve common goals.
Apply standard, ethical practices, procedures, and technologies to collect information, identify threats, assess risk, and implement effective interagency solutions to build national resilience capacities.

Enhance cognition and critical thinking with advanced perception, memory, reasoning, decision-making, and language skills.
Expand knowledge and capabilities through continuing education, certification, or other lifelong learning opportunities.
Fulfil civic duties and responsibilities through local, national, or global service.

Learning Outcomes

Explain key events and strategic theories that contributed to the historical evolution of military theory and practice.
Apply principles of effective, lawful, and ethical military leadership to case studies and scenarios relevant to contemporary military conflicts.
Evaluate major doctrinal and technological innovations that have influenced the force structure, doctrine, and tactics of modern military forces.
Assess a broad range of military, non-traditional, and national security challenges that affect the UAEs national interests.
Critique complex defence and security issues in written, verbal, and audio-visual mediums.

Program Structure

Number of Credits per Component

	General Education	Core	Elective	Total Degree Credits
Bachelor of Science	36	69	15	120

General Education

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
ARA100	Arabic Studies	3
EMS100	Emirates Studies	3
ENG210	English 2	3
ENG310	English 3	3
HUM100	Ethical Studies	3
ISL100	Islamic Studies	3
MGT100	Management Fundamentals	3
MTH110	Calculus 1	3
PHY100	Physics 1	3
SEC290	Fundamentals of Innovation and Entrepreneurship	3
	Total	30

Core Courses

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
DAS100	UAE Defence and Security	3
DAS110	Counterterrorism and Security	3
DAS200	Non-Traditional Security	3
DAS300	Regional Security	3
DAS400	Information Operations	3
MIL100	Military Strategy and Theory	3
MIL110	Leadership Theory	3
MIL120	Military History	3
MIL130	Human Factors for Defence and Security	3
MIL200	Decision Science	3
MIL210	Modern Warfare	3
MIL220	Law of Armed Conflict	3
MIL230	Military Geographic Information Systems	3
MIL240	Military Weapons Systems	3
MIL250	Military Meteorology	3
MIL300	UAE Armed Forces	3
MIL310	Operations Research	3
MIL320	Electronic Warfare	3
MIL400	Military Innovation	3
MIL410	Wargaming and Simulation	3
MIL420	Civil-Military Coordination	3
SEC303	Introduction to Research Methods	3
SEC305	4th Generation Warfare	3
SEC404	Understanding Strategic Threats	3
SEC490	Project in SSDEC Management	3
	Total	75

Elective Courses

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
DAS210	Intelligence and Security	3
DAS220	Intelligence Analysis	3
MIL140	Geopolitics	3
MIL150	Humanitarian Operations	3
MIL260	Urban Warfare	3
MIL270	Special Operations	3
MIL330	Defence Economics	3
MIL340	Command Psychology	3
MIL430	Capability Development	3
PAS310	Policing and Security	3
PAS320	Investigations and Security	3
	Total	33

Study Plan:Ideal Full-time Study

Semester 1 5 Courses• 15 Credits

Code	Name	Credits
ENG210	English 2	3
MGT100	Management Fundamentals	3
DAS100	UAE Defence and Security	3
MIL100	Military Strategy and Theory	3
MIL110	Leadership Theory	3

Summer Session 3 Courses• 9 Credits

Code	Name	Credits
ARA100	Arabic Studies	3
Elective	Elective	3
Elective	Elective	3

Semester 2 5 Courses• 15 Credits

Code	Name	Credits	PreReq
ENG310	English 3	3	ENG210
DAS110	Counterterrorism and Security	3
ISL100	Islamic Studies	3
MIL120	Military History	3
MIL200	Decision Science	3	MIL100

Semester 3 5 Courses• 15 Credits

Code	Name	Credits	PreReq
MTH110	Calculus 1	3
EMS100	Emirates Studies	3
MIL210	Modern Warfare	3	MIL100
MIL220	Law of Armed Conflict	3
MIL130	Human Factors for Defence and Security	3

Summer Session 4 Courses• 12 Credits

Code	Name	Credits
DAS200	Non-Traditional Security	3
HUM100	Ethical Studies	3
Elective	Elective	3
Elective	Elective	3

Semester 4 5 Courses• 15 Credits

Code	Name	Credits	PreReq
PHY100	Physics 1	3	MTH110
SEC290	Fundamentals of Innovation and Entrepreneurship	3
MIL230	Military Geographic Information Systems	3
MIL240	Military Weapons Systems	3
MIL250	Military Meteorology	3

Semester 5 5 Courses• 15 Credits

Code	Name	Credits	PreReq
MIL310	Operations Research	3
DAS300	Regional Security	3
SEC303	Introduction to Research Methods	3	ENG310
SEC305	4th Generation Warfare	3
MIL320	Electronic Warfare	3

Summer Session 4 Courses• 12 Credits

Code	Name	Credits	PreReq
MIL410	Wargaming and Simulation	3	MIL200
MIL400	Military Innovation	3	MIL210
Elective	Elective	3
Elective	Elective	3

Semester 6 5 Courses• 15 Credits

Code	Name	Credits	PreReq
SEC490	Project in SSDEC Management	3	SEC303
SEC404	Understanding Strategic Threats	3
DAS400	Information Operations	3
MIL300	UAE Armed Forces	3
MIL420	Civil-Military Coordination	3