This certificate is designed to provide a fundamental understanding of the threat of terrorism for law enforcement, military, and corporate security officers who act as the first line of defense against terrorist acts. This certificate program is offered on-line and in on-ground format. The program is intended for participants interested in a career in security at federal, state and local levels in counter terrorism or other homeland security related agencies. This certificate is offered at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Credits from this graduate certificate can be applied to the M.S. Criminal Justice Administration degree. Students must complete a minimum of 12 credits to earn this certificate at the graduate level.
The certificate programmatic outcomes are:
1. Students will understand and discuss paradigm shifts in the terror age, to include asymmetric threats, non-nation states, non-contiguous battlefields, and bureaucracies vs. ideologies and will understand the use of technology and its application by terrorists and insurgents.
2. Students will explore and analyze a variety of threats against U.S. National Security and synthesize possible solutions into actionable risk mitigation and counterproliferation/counterforce strategies.
| Choose Four of the Following: | 12 | |
| Perspectives in Terrorism | ||
| Homeland Security | ||
| Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency | ||
| Corporate Security | ||
| Global Jihad and Radicalization | ||
| Introduction to Intelligence Studies | ||
| Behavioral Threat Assessment | ||
| Total Hours | 12 | |
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*Candidates for a Counter Terrorism and Security Certificate are required to complete a minimum of 12 semester credit hours maintaining a 3.0 overall cumulative grade point average. The courses listed are the suggested curriculum, but if requirements are previously met by other courses taken, then substitutions may be made for appropriate College of Business-related courses.