Curriculum Overview

Possible Vision: Graduates of the Masters of Art in Management for Public Safety and Homeland Security will have the competence and capacity to effectively engage complexity. Graduates will effectively engage purpose, resources, opportunities, and risk to enhance individual freedom and social resilience.

Possible Mission: The curriculum and faculty shall regularly engage students in crucial issues of public safety and homeland security; facilitate critical, creative,and meaningful encounters with the issues, with one another, and with sources of insight and expertise; and engender habits of observation, collaboration, deliberation, and action within complex contexts so that individual freedom and social resilience are advanced.

Possible Purpose: Graduates of the Masters of Art in Management for Public Safety and Homeland Security will have a comparative advantage in undertaking leadership roles within the public safety and homeland security fields as a result of their demonstrated competence and capacity to engage complexity.

Does the vision, mission, and purpose set out above fit with your understanding of what the field, students, and society need? What would you change? What would you add?

COURSES TO BE OFFERED
Effective Fall 2010

This program consists of 33-36 credits, including required orientation, core courses, electives, and a master’s project or thesis.

Students can complete the degree program in two years. During the first year of study students focus on completing their core requirements before selecting track or elective courses.

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (33-36 credits):

Mandatory MA Orientation (4 hours)no credits

Required Courses: (15 credits)

CRJ 601* Introduction to Homeland Security (3)
*This course is a prerequisite for all others.

CRJ 602 Public Sector Management (3)

CRJ 603 Public Sector Strategic Planning and Budgeting (3)

CRJ 604 U.S. Constitution & Ethical Issues (3)

CRJ 605 Public Sector Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation (3)

Elective Courses: (18-21 credits)

For students choosing the thesis option, elective requirements must include CRJ 628 Research Colloquium & Capstone Seminar and five other courses from the following list for a total of 18 credits.

For students choosing the master’s project option, elective requirements are seven of the following eight courses for a total of 21 credits.

CRJ 621 Comparative Governments (3)

CRJ 622 International Human Rights (3)

CRJ 623 Intelligence Gathering Strategies for Homeland Security (3)

CRJ 624 Technology and Critical Infrastructure Protection (3)

CRJ 625 Multi-Disciplinary Approaches to Homeland Security (3)

CRJ 626 Special Topics in Homeland Security (3)

CRJ 627 Psychology & Terrorism/Fear (3)

CRJ 628 Research Colloquium & Capstone Seminar (3)