Mar 18, 2024  
2018 Undergraduate Catalog 1.1 (WINTER - SPRING) 
    
2018 Undergraduate Catalog 1.1 (WINTER - SPRING) [ARCHIVED CATALOG - Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Homeland Security and Emergency Management (B.S.) - Hegis Code 2105


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(Bachelor of Science Degree)

In a post-9/11 environment along with record-breaking natural disasters, all professional fields are seeking personnel familiar with issues surrounding national security threats and emergency planning and recovery. Through an interdisciplinary approach, the program provides students with information necessary to lead, manage, and support critical incident mitigation and security-related issues. It also prepares them for entry positions in government at the federal, state, and local level as well as in the private sector. Homeland Security and Emergency Management is an online program and requires an associate degree from a regionally accredited institution or 57 credits transferred from a regionally accredited four-year institution.

Academic Requirements


See Core  section of this catalog.

Core: 34-55 Credit Hours


24 - 36 Credit Hours


Note:


*Only available to online students enrolled in the major and students with appropriate professional work experience.

15 Credit Hours


9 Credit Hours


Electives


The student must complete sufficient elective courses to earn at least the minimum credit hours required for this degree, and at least 60 credit hours of the 120 required must be in the liberal arts and sciences.

Program Credits


Core 34-55 Credits
Major Course Requirements 24-36 Credits
Major Related Course Requirements 15 Credits
Major Electives 9 Credits
College Electives 5-38 Credits
   
Total Credit Hours Required For Degree 120 Credits

 

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