Naval Postgraduate School - SIGS - Non-Degree Programs

SIGS - Non-Degree Programs

	The School of International Graduate Studies (SIGS) offers a wide range of in-residence, non-degree short courses; off-site short courses; senior executive seminars; and lecture series. Topics vary from year to year, and are chosen to provide senior leaders with a concise, academically grounded understanding of matters of particular current importance. Programs are comprised or led by SIGS faculty and may be delivered at the Naval Postgraduate School, overseas, at other locations in the United States, or afloat and in-country with deployed forces. Defense Resources Management Institute The Defense Resources Management Institute (DRMI) pioneered the education program that teaches the principles and concepts of defense resources management. Educational programs are conducted in analytical decision making and resources management, in-residence and overseas, for military officers of all services and senior civilian officials. Center for Civil-Military Relations The Center for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR) provides graduate level education to foreign civilian and military participants through resident and non-resident courses. Its programs assist foreign nations in resolving civil-military issues resulting from defense transformation, stability and support operations, combating terrorism and other security challenges.
	Center for Stabilization and Reconstruction Studies The Center for Stabilization and Reconstruction Studies provides learning events and other support to mixed groups of practitioners from all the communitie that deploy to the broken places so that they might be most effective in their important work. International Defense Acquisition and Resource Management Program The International Defense Acquisition and Resource Management Program provides programs intended to strengthen democratic relationships and international security cooperation through acquisition education, research and professional service. Leadership Development and Education for Sustained Peace Program The Leadership Development and Education for Sustained Peace Program offers graduate-level seminars and distance learning programs to military and civilian leaders deploying to stability operations. Current programs focus on Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Bosnia.
	Center for Homeland Defense and Security The Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS) is focused on producing graduate level education programs that are designed to meet the immediate and long-term leadership needs of organizations responsible for homeland defense and security. Regional Security Education Program The Regional Security Education Program (RSEP) provides graduate education for the purpose of raising the strategic situational awareness of deploying and forward-deployed Naval forces. Programs focus on regional threats and include cultural and diplomatic education.