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  3. Homeland Security (Certificate)

Curriculum

The curriculum is completed online. It aims to prepare participants for a variety of careers in the era of homeland security by teaching about:

  • origins and organization of the Homeland Security Enterprise
  • relevant Congressional acts, Presidential policies, and national strategies
  • roles and shared responsibility of key agencies and partners at federal, state, and local levels, and from the private sector
  • planning and organizational imperatives related to homeland security and emergency management
  • impact of catastrophic events on society and the all-hazards and whole-community approach to national preparedness and resilience

The curriculum for the homeland security certificate comprises four courses: two prescribed courses and two courses chosen from a set of electives.

The two prescribed courses are:

  • HLS 811 — Foundations of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
  • HLS 812 — Homeland Security and Defense in Practice

Available electives include:

  • HLS 475 — Critical Infrastructure Protection
  • HLS 540 — Comparative Homeland Security and Related Methods
  • HLS 558 — Whole-Community Disaster Preparedness 
  • HLS 804 — Strategic Planning and Organizational Imperatives in Homeland Defense and Security
  • HLS 813 — Multifaceted Approaches to Homeland Security
  • HLS 820 — Emerging Threats to Homeland Security
  • HLS 821 — Transnational Criminal Organization and HLS
  • HLS 832 — U.S. Military's Domestic Imperative: Homeland Defense and Defense Support of Civil Authorities
  • HLS 875 — U.S. Homeland Security Law

In addition, students may choose one of the following courses as an elective:  

  • MBADM 571 — Global Strategic Management
  • MBADM 816 — Managing and Leading People in Organizations

 


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Homeland Security (Certificate)

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