Homeland Security, B.S.

Homeland security is a broad, interdisciplinary field that deals with protecting the homeland and responding to and recovering from human-made and natural disasters. The objective of the homeland security major is to provide an appropriate education and skill sets to individuals planning careers in homeland security at the federal, state, or local level. This includes those agencies that protect the country from the threat of terrorism or criminal activity involving the movement of persons and goods across borders. The homeland security major also provides skill sets in addressing potential threats to the nation's critical infrastructure.

Program Learning Goals

1. Develop the missions and goals of the Department of Homeland Security and its agencies responsible for these missions and goals.
2. Establish threats of terrorism, hazards, and other natural and human disasters to establish strategies to respond, recover from, and counter these threats.
3. Apply knowledge of threats and vulnerabilities to major transportation systems in the US, critical infrastructure, Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), and illegal activities by transnational criminal organizations in the movements of people and goods across air, land, and sea borders.
4. Investigate and collect evidence dealing with Homeland Security threats and incidents.

Program Learning Outcomes

1. Identify the missions and goals of the Department of Homeland Security and its agencies responsible for these missions and goals.
2. Develop a strategy to respond, recover from, and counter these threats to the homeland. 
3. Develop a critical assessment plan to address infrastructure protection and vulnerability of domestic and transnational criminal and terrorist organizations.
4. Complete the investigative process for Homeland Security threats and incidents.