The Master of Science in Homeland Security program is designed entirely for a standard 16-week ONLINE program (FALL/SPRING/SUMMER) with interactive (audio and visual) capabilities for instructors and students.

Program Objectives:

1. Leadership and Ethic:Program graduates will demonstrate leadership adherence to ethical decision-making processes to implement homeland security strategies and emergency management plans.
2. Critical Thinking & Communication:Program graduates will be able to analyze facts, generate and organize ideas, make comparisons, draw inferences, and solve homeland security-related problems.

Student Learning Outcomes: 

1. Students will integrate principles, practices, and behaviors of effective leadership, collaboration, and organizational governance to enhance public value.
2. Students will identify and assess potential terror, accident, and disaster threats to the American homeland on a data-driven and evidence-based approach.
3. Students will demonstrate knowledge of ethical issues influencing leadership decisions.
4. Students will judge the constitutional issues and legal challenges that will emerge from the execution and the implementation of US federal and state laws such as the Patriot Act and Presidential executive orders.
5. Students will demonstrate practical, professional written communication skills when design, implement and evaluate homeland security-related strategies, policies, and plans at different levels of government or the private sector.
6. Students will demonstrate effective, professional oral communication skills when making persuasive and knowledge transfer presentations.

Admission Requirements

• GPA 3.0+ or not less than 3 years of employment within the five years in criminal justice-related profession
• Current resume
• Two professional letters of recommendation
• Statement of purpose (2-3 pages – double spaced)
• Official transcripts
• The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) may be required for non-native English speakers with limited exposure to English.

Degree Requirements

The Master of Science in Homeland Security requires 36 credit hours. All students must complete 11 core courses (33 credits) and the Capstone project (3 credits).

• Students who have acquired possible employment or an internship may use this experience as part of their Capstone course credit (3 credits).

The Master of Science degree will be conferred upon the matriculated graduate student who has

• completed 36 credits with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better.
• participated in program-level assessments
• completed the program within six years
• filed the application for the degree with the Office of Graduate Admissions by December 1 for the May commencement, February 1 for an August conferral, or October 1 for a January conferral.