CORE COURSES
HMLD 101 Introduction to Homeland Security
This course provides first responders and other interested students with the foundational knowledge pertaining to homeland security. This course will include discussions on the polices, organizational relationships, and legal issues in the American context from federal, state and local municipal government perspectives.
HMLD 102 Introduction to Emergency Management
This course provides first responders and other interested students with the foundational knowledge pertaining to emergency management. This course will include discussions on the polices, organizational relationships, and legal issues in the American context from federal, state and local municipal government perspectives.
HMLD 103 Terrorism and Violence in Society
This course provides the student with an overview of the domestic and global issues related to terrorism and violence in society. This course includes an analysis of terrorism and violent extremism as an aggressive alternative for peaceful change and traditional warfare in the modern age. Students will also investigate the role economic, political and social factors play in determining patterns of terrorist activity, homegrown terrorism and violent extremism in society from a domestic and international level of analysis.
HMLD 104 Emergency Planning & Response
This course provides the student with an overview of the domestic and global issues related to terrorism and violence in society. This course includes an analysis of terrorism and violent extremism as an aggressive alternative for peaceful change and traditional warfare in the modern age. Students will also investigate the role economic, political and social factors play in determining patterns of terrorist activity, homegrown terrorism and violent extremism in society from a domestic and international level of analysis.
HMLD 105 Hazard Mitigation in Emergency Management
This course is an introduction to mitigation; one of the four core phases of emergency management. This course will cover the hazard planning process to assist students in mitigating or eliminating hazards from an all hazard approach to emergency management. The student will also learn about the national framework used in the public-private sector of the homeland security enterprise; inclusive of governmental agencies and regulatory and legal sources responsible for hazard mitigation. Application of the concepts learned will be applied to risk assessments and the development of strategies at the local, state, national and international levels of government.
ELECTIVE COURSES
HMLD 200 Foundations of Critical Infrastructure Protection
This course provides the student with an overview of the policies, strategies, and practical application of critical infrastructure security and resilience from an all-hazards perspective. Students will explore the contemporary risk environment and examine the challenges and opportunities associated with the following: public-private partnerships; information-sharing; risk analysis and prioritization; risk mitigation and management; performance measurement; incident management; and addressing future risks.
HMLD 203 Homeland Security: Leadership, Policy and Practice
This course provides the student with an in-depth overview of the issues related to the leadership, policies and practices of homeland security in America and abroad. This course provides for the critical examination of the challenges facing the nation and the homeland security enterprise through detailed investigation of selected case studies from a leadership perspective. Students will analyze significant issues of homeland security from social, political, economic and cultural perspectives facing the nation. This course adds to the Homeland Security program with an in-depth study of the policies and practices affecting homeland security.
HMLD 205 Cybersecurity: Policy and Practice
This course provides the student with an overview of the domestic and global issues related to the policies and practices of cybersecurity in America. This course includes an analysis of the history of the internet, the technological advances of internet based programs and the security of the cyber domain. Students will also investigate the role economic, political and social factors play in determining how cybersecurity will play a significant role in society from a domestic and international level of analysis.
