RIT-CADS Programs

The strategic and tactical dangers posed by increasingly violent and indiscriminate non-state actors and terror-sponsoring states demand new skill sets on the part of decision-makers, planners, first responders, elected officials and the private sector.

The Center for Advanced Defense Studies (CADS) has teamed with the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to offer cross disciplinary degrees featuring concentrations in Cyber Security, CBRNE Defense and Counterterrorism. Courses are taught in Washington, DC by CADS experts and faculty members, featuring distinguished guest speakers from the government, academia, and the private sector.

Teaching schedules are flexible, accommodating full- and part-time students as well as working professionals (1-week intensive course and weekend classes).

• The Masters of Science (MS) program is currently accepting applications. Find out more on the program webpage.
• Graduate certificate programs (4 courses) will be available shortly. Students enrolled in the MS programs may be granted the opportunity to use their course credit toward completion of a graduate certificate.
• The interdisciplinary graduate degree (4-12 courses) program in Paris is currently accepting applications.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page, available here.

For more information about these programs, please write to education [at] c4ads [dot] org.