Global Security with Aviation (Online)

From passenger safety to international regulation and climate responsibility, aviation is at the crossroads of innovation and global risk. This BSc (Hons) Global Security with Aviation gives you the tools to tackle the complex security challenges unique to the aviation industry — from airports and airlines to the broader tourism and travel sectors.
If you’re drawn to the fast-paced world of aviation and curious about how corporate intelligence, risk management, and global events shape its operations, this is the course for you. You’ll develop the specialist skills and critical thinking needed to protect and support an industry that quite literally keeps the world moving.

Why study Global Security with Aviation at BNU?
Flexible Learning Options
This course is available as either a full-time, in-person degree at our High Wycombe campus or as a fully online Distance Learning programme. In-person study gives you access to live workshops, guest speakers, and face-to-face networking with peers and professional. Distance Learning, on the other hand, is ideal for those needing more flexibility, offering access to expert-led content, virtual simulations and real-world case analysis from home. Whichever route you choose, you’ll learn the same high-quality content and gain the same qualification.

Hands on Learning
Our curriculum centres on active, workshop-based sessions: you’ll debate live case studies, take part in live crisis simulations and data-driven exercises that mirror real aviation-security tasks. From day one, you’ll practise briefing decision-makers and using structured techniques to turn raw information into actionable insight.

Graduate Career ready
We aim to equip you with a toolkit that employers are looking for from day one. You’ll learn to analyse complex risk scenarios, present clear security briefs and make rapid decisions under pressure. With an internship embedded into in your second year, you’ll graduate with both the theoretical grounding and the professional network to hit the ground running. BNU graduates have proven their skills in real settings well before graduation day.

Shared First Year
Your first year brings you together with students from our Intelligence Analysis and Investigation pathways, giving you a solid grounding in global security theory, structured analytical methods, and cyber-risk fundamentals. This means that at the end of your first year, you will get the opportunity to change your specialisation if you want to.

What Will I Study?
You'll start by explore the foundations of global security and eventually build a deep understanding of aviation-specific challenges. In your first year, you'll gain essential knowledge in intelligence concepts, security operations, structured analytical techniques, and cybersecurity. As you progress, you’ll move into aviation-focused topics such as crisis management, aviation safety, and the integration of sustainable and ethical practices in aviation contexts. You’ll also develop professional skills in problem solving, presentation delivery, decision-making, and leadership, all while learning how to assess and manage complex security risks. In your final year, you’ll carry out an independent research project that allows you to explore a subject of personal interest, supported by academic supervision.

What are my career prospects?
As a graduate of Global Security with Aviation you will be equipped to step straight into roles such as aviation threat analyst, security coordinator, or corporate intelligence adviser in both the public and private sector. You could go and work for government agencies or for airlines and tourism bodies. Previous graduate have gone on to work in areas such as cyber analytics, corporate security, and military intelligence. Some graduates also choose to progress to postgraduate research at BNU.