Homeland Security Certificate Requirements
Students must complete 15 credits of coursework, taking one core course from SSP and one core course from GPPI. Similarly, students take at least one elective course from each program. Course descriptions are below:
GPPI Courses
Core:
PPOL 740 Decision Making for Public Policy
Sample Electives:
PPOL 612 Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations
PPOL-665 US Civil Military Relations
PPOL-687 Religion and Peace-Building
PPOL 810 Risk Assessment
PPOL-811 Leadership in Crises and Disasters (1.5)
SSP Courses
Core:
SEST 513 U.S. Homeland Security (link)
Sample Electives:
SEST 521 Theory and Practice of Intelligence
SEST 546 Terrorism and Counterterrorism
SEST 551 Science, Technology and Homeland Security
SEST 540 Al-Qaeda
SEST 522 Intelligence and National Security Policy Making
SEST 612 Intelligence Oversight
