The Master of Science in Homeland Security is a 36-credit program designed for current and future homeland security professionals who seek mid- to upper-level leadership positions in this emerging discipline. The program teaches students to address complex, multi-disciplinary, strategic-level homeland security issues that confront modern societies.
Courses are offered in a hybrid model – a mix of in-class and online learning – that provides adult learners a great deal of convenience, accessibility, and connectivity to content, resources, and instructors. Each class meets in a physical classroom for eight, three-hour sessions for a total of 24 contact hours. Students attend classes on Saturdays (day classes) and Wednesday evenings. Classes are arranged in the following format:
Session 1 Saturday 9 a.m. – 12 a.m.
Session 2 Saturday 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Session 3 – 6 Weeknights 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Session 7 Saturday 9 a.m. – 12 a.m.
Session 8 Saturday 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Student Outcome Statements
Upon completion of the Homeland Security Program, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate the ability to think and act critically, pragmatically, and strategically about homeland security.
2. Understand, articulate, and influence the multidisciplinary and multivariant architecture of homeland security.
3. Design, implement, and evaluate homeland security-related strategies, policies and plans at any level of government or business.
4. Construct the inter- and multi-disciplinary relationships needed to better prevent and mitigate the impact of terrorism or disaster upon a community, region, state, or nation.
5. Assist elected officials at any level of government to construct more effective prevention and response plans to terrorism, catastrophic accident, and natural disaster.
6. Advance homeland security knowledge, methodology, and thinking in such a way that America’s infrastructure and citizenry will be more secure against 21st century threats.
7. Identify and assess potential terror, accident, and disaster threats to the American homeland.
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