Homeland Security, Bachelor of Science

REQUIRED MAJOR HOURS 30
REQUIRED MINOR HOURS NONE
TOTAL PROGRAM HOURS 30
PRESCRIBED COURSES ATTAINABLE IN GEN ED: NONE

The Homeland Security Bachelor of Science degree provides skill development in service and leadership while working in the community thus allowing students to have immediate impact in their communities. The degree provides expertise to officers or those seeking officer positions, promotions, and those who want to become part of the solution to an ever-growing international challenge that negatively impacts our citizens in the 21st Century.

Student Learning Outcomes

Graduates of Homeland Security Major will be able to:

 

  1. Evaluate significant homeland security issues facing society and demonstrate a professional competency which includes major social, political, and historical context of America and various world cultures both past and present; 

  1. Demonstrate competence in understanding how the issues of race, diversity, and poverty impact the areas of homeland security and criminal justice administration; 

  1. Apply racial, diversity, poverty, and social deviance theoretical foundations to their law enforcement and homeland security practices and responsibilities.

  1. Demonstrate the organizational behavior skills in intellectual, social, and political areas needed to function effectively in the 21st century homeland security profession; 

  1. Explain and employ a depth of subject content of homeland security practices within the system which will establish a strong foundation to support to support an immediate entry level into the homeland security profession.

  1. Demonstrate effective research skills, which include quantitative and qualitative data gathering and analysis, relate to the homeland security profession;

  1. Demonstrate the ability to identify and analyze evidence and present issues to homeland security officers, criminal justice practitioners, and judicial officials; and

  1. Incorporate professional values within ethical and legal guidelines of homeland security administration and explain the importance of personal responsibility and accountability for professional, law enforcement practices and ethical decision making.

 

Program Requirements (30 hours)

Required Major Hours (21 hours)

HSE 210/CJC 210Criminal Law

3

HSE 306/CJC 306Homeland Security I

3

HSE 360/CJC 360Crime Scene Investigation

3

HSE 406Homeland Security II

3

HSE 430/CJC 430Criminal Justice Research

3

HSE 450/CJC 450International Issues in Public Safety

3

HSE 471/CJC 471Terrorism and Intelligence

3

Total Credit Hours:21

Supportive Elective Courses (9 hours)

HSE 320/CJC 320Ethics in Criminal Justice

3

HSE 400/CJC 400Special Topics in Public Safety

3

HSE 420/CJC 420Administrative Decision Making in Public Safety

3

HSE 426/CJC 426Civil Liability for the Public Service Official

3

HSE 460/CJC 460Cybercrime

3

HSE 475/CJC 475Organized Crime

3

HUS 411Applied Psychopathology

3

Total Credit Hours:9

Total Credit Hours: 30