Security Intelligence Management (MSc)

Overview

Understanding the relationship between Security and Intelligence is of growing importance in a variety of professional, policy and academic contexts.

The MSc Security Intelligence Management offers a unique opportunity for those who wish to engage in critical or evaluative research in this area or to develop professional skills in the management of security and intelligence resources. A distinctive feature of the course is the opportunity it offers to explore links between intelligence gathering or security provision and the impact of this and the wider role of risk management philosophies upon policing and the criminal justice system. It is likely to be of interest to graduates in criminology, social science, law, politics, or computer science as well as professionals within the policing, military and criminal justice fields or in wider areas related to security and intelligence - such as private security and intelligence, retail and financial security or risk management within the local community.

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Applying and entry

PLEASE NOTE There is no official closing date for this course, but you are advised to apply as early as possible as we will only consider your application if there are places available on the course.

Tel: 020 7133 4202
Email: admissions@londonmet.ac.uk

Normally an upper second-class Honours degree in a relevant subject. Those with relevant professional qualifications or extensive professional experience will also be considered.

Course contents

You will take four core modules, four optional modules and a dissertation of around 15,000 words. Assessment will be conducted via individual and group based research.

Applicants from Asia

We also offer the first semester of this course at our partner institution, OSSIM, in Chandigarh, India. Students study from September to January at this prestigious security and intelligence institute in India, transferring to the UK in February for nine months, completing the course in London. For details about OSSIM please visit their website.

Core modules:

• Intelligence Studies
• Intelligence Analysis
• Contemporary Issues in Safety and Security

Optional modules include:

• Technology & Security
• International Financial
• Crime and Security
• Organisation and Management
• Managing Self and Others

Assessment

You are assessed via essays, individual and group research projects and a final dissertation.

Collaborative and international links

The Faculty of Applied Social Sciences at London Metropolitan University offers a wide range of expertise in areas relating to security and intelligence, and students will benefit from access to practitioners and theorists with backgrounds from policing, intelligence and criminology.

Criminology at London Metropolitan University has developed an international reputation for innovative and critical research and staff have published leading works in related areas such as Internet enabled crime, the securitisation of the State, urban security, policing, the technologies of security and so on. Staff have also worked with and advised a variety of practitioners in security provision including the Home Office, The Metropolitan Police, local authorities throughout the UK and the European Commission.

The University has a variety of links into international networks dealing with intelligence, security and safety management at the global level and this MSc is conducted in partnership with leading security and intelligence providers in India. As a result it will also offer students a unique opportunity to develop specialised expertise on security and intelligence issues within the Indian and wider Asian region, one of the key areas of current policy developments.

Careers

Successful completion of this course offers improved career opportunities in a variety of professional contexts where security, intelligence and the management of resources related to this are important. The programme is also excellent preparation for further research or study into security and intelligence.