2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog

Bachelor of Science in Homeland Security

CIP Code: 43.0301

(SLO) Graduates should be able to demonstrate:
1. The ability to think and act critically, pragmatically, and strategically about homeland security and defense issues.
2. The ability to critically analyze and articulate the multidisciplinary perspectives of homeland security and defense.
3. The ability to assess potential terror, accident, and disaster threats to the American homeland.
4. Proficiency in identifying and utilizing information sources for critical issues in homeland security and defense.

Degree Requirements (Semester Hours)

General Education Core

Note: The Core should include

PSY 113General Psychology

3

MAT 231Statistics

3

 

Required Homeland Security Courses (33)

HS 230Introduction to Homeland Security

3

HS 248Introduction to Counter-Intelligence

3

HS 335Understanding Human Trafficking

3

HS 344Cyber Crime

3

HS 354Psychology of Terrorism

3

HS 416National Security Law

3

HS 417Immigration Law

3

HS 426Domestic Emergency Preparedness

3

HS 446Domestic Terrorism

3

HS 447International Terrorism

3

CJ 499Criminal Justice Capstone

3

 

Electives in Related Fields (choose from the following) (15)

CJ 210Criminology

3

CJ 305Criminal Investigations

4

CJ 315Victimology

3

CJ 330Professional Ethics & Legal Liabilities

3

CJ 350Study of Deviant Behavior

3

CJ 405Criminal Law

3

CJ 410Constitutional Law

3

CJ 451Special Topics in Criminal Justice

3

CJ 485Criminal Justice Internship

4

HIS 241World Geography

3

HIS 412History of the Middle East

3

HIS 440Religion in America

3

PSY 320Theories of Personality

3

PSY 351Abnormal Psychology

3

*No grade below a “C-” in Criminal Justice classes can count toward the degree.

For the Bachelor of Science Degree: Computer Literacy (3)

General Electives (28)

*At least 42 total hours of course work must be upper-level (300- or 400-level)

 

Total Credit Hours: 120

Recommended Four-Year Plan for Homeland Security