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Homeland Security Certificate
18 Semester Hours

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Upon completion of this certificate students will be able to:

  • Predict the need to conduct and/or contract for research related to high probability Chemical Biological, Radiological, Nuclear or Energetic (CBRNE) events and their consequences in any community of interest.
  • Design and modify plans and programs at federal, state, and/or local levels to reflect the evolving strategic policy issues associated with a statutory and presidential direction for homeland security
  • Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of public, private and military efforts to reduce, patterned and non-patterned "warfare" by overt and covert means of both nation states and transnational terrorist groups.

  • DM576 / EDMG565 - Consequence Management: Terrorism Preparation & Response
  • EM632 / PBHE605 - Quarantine
  • IN547 / INTL613 - Intelligence and Homeland Security
  • LC537 / INTL654 - Forecasting Terrorism
  • NS510 / HLSS501 - Homeland Defense
  • LC535 / HLSS522 - Weapons of Mass Destruction and the New Terrorism

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American Public University System (APUS) is regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association and nationally accredited by the Accrediting Commission, Distance Education and Training Council.

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