The Homeland Security certificate is designed to enhance understanding of modern threats and associated security concepts for personnel working in areas of public administration, public safety, law enforcement, government, and private sector security management. Students will be able to focus their studies on one or more homeland security emphases including counterterrorism, intelligence, emergency management, critical infrastructure protection, and private security. This certificate requires 12 credits from core courses and 6 additional credits from courses in each emphasis.

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Certificate Requirements

Field of Study Code: CRIMJ.CER.HOME

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Program Requirements
CRIMJ 1100	Introduction to Criminal Justice	3
CRIMJ 1145	Introduction to Homeland Security	3
CRIMJ 1151	Constitutional Law	3
CRIMJ 2150	Multiculturalism and Diversity	3
Emphasis Courses
Select one of the following emphases:		6
counterterrorism/
intelligence/
critical infrastructure protection/
emergency management/
private security/
Total Credits		18

Emphases

Counterterrorism Emphasis

The emphasis in counterterrorism will focus primarily on analyzing threats emanating from domestic, international, and transnational terrorist groups along with strategies designed to mitigate them. Special attention will be paid to ideological motivations of various groups, target selection, and asymmetrical tactics, including weapons of mass destruction. Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive devices, their precursors, delivery systems, identifying markers, and proliferation trends will be examined.

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
CRIMJ 1147	Introduction to Domestic, International, and Transnational Terrorism	3
CRIMJ 2160	Weapons of Mass Destruction	3
Total Credits		6

Intelligence Emphasis

The emphasis in intelligence will examine the history and functions of U.S. government intelligence agencies and engage students in the cycle of information collection, processing, analysis, and dissemination. Within the context of real-world geopolitical issues students will utilize industry tradecraft to develop an intelligence product that addresses both descriptive and predictive factors. Ethical considerations and the role of bias in the intelligence process will also be addressed.

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
CRIMJ 2140	Introduction to Intelligence	3
CRIMJ 2141	Intelligence Analysis	3
Total Credits		6

Critical Infrastructure Protection Emphasis

The emphasis in critical infrastructure protection examines threats to various public and private sectors including cybertechnology, transportation, finance, government, agriculture, and national borders. Both man-made and natural hazards will be explored along with policies and strategies designed to mitigate them.

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
CRIMJ 1146	Critical Infrastructure: Vulnerabilities Solutions	3
EARTH 1119	Weather Impacts and Preparedness	3
Total Credits		6

Emergency Management Emphasis

The emphasis in emergency management provides an in-depth examination of each stage of managing crises including risk assessment, mitigation, preparation, response, and recovery. Students will develop exercises designed to test institutional capabilities, identify systemic vulnerabilities, and make recommendations for improved emergency planning. Case studies of historic disaster events will provide a basis for analyzing best and worst practices in modern emergency management theory.

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
CRIMJ 1148	Emergency Management I	3
CRIMJ 2130	Emergency Management II	3
Total Credits		6

Private Security Emphasis

The emphasis in private security explores criminal, legal, and procedural challenges in retail, industrial, commercial, and governmental security. Prevention, detection, and response to these challenges is addressed as well as initiatives for interagency cooperation. Collaboration between law enforcement and private sector security entities as it pertains to criminal investigation and enhanced security at the community level will be examined.

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
CRIMJ 1140		3
CRIMJ 1142	Private Security and Law Enforcement	3
Total Credits		6