The following two courses are required of all students in the Homeland Security Certificate program:

PAD 504  Data, Models and Decisions I

POS 554  Political Violence, Terrorism and Insurgency

In addition to the two required courses, students must select one additional course from the method courses list and one from the theory and practice courses list and then one additional course from either.  

Method

Pad 505 (Crj 504, Pos 505, Ssw 504) Data, Models, and Decisions II

Pad 557 Intelligence Analysis for Homeland Security       

Pad 705 Research Methods II

Pad 624 Simulating Dynamic Systems

Pad 634 Judgment and Decision-Making Behavior

Pad 724 Simulation for Policy Analysis and Design

Pad 734 Seminar on Judgment and Decision Making

Pad 777 Advanced Topics in Social Network Analysis

Pad 637 Social and Organizational Networks

Pad 550 (Pub 550) Foundations of Government Information Strategy and Management

Gog 595 (Pln 555) Introductory MapInfo

Pos 517 Empirical Data Analysis

Pos 518 (Pad 518) Regression Analysis

Pad 636 Cultural Analysis of Organization

Theory and Practice

Pad 558 Intelligence and National Security Policy

Pos 567 Contentious Politics: Theory and Research

Pos 566 Ethnic Conflict

Pos 570 Field Seminar in International Political Systems

Pos 550 Field Seminar in Comparative Political Systems

Pad 555 Disaster, Emergency Management

Pos 576 Globalization, International Cooperation, and Violent Global Movements

CRJ 648 Terrorism, Pub Security

Pad 610 Organizational Theory and Behavior

Pos 582 Security Alternatives in the Nuclear Age

The curriculum, designed by University faculty in consultation with law enforcement, intelligence, and public management experts, provides graduates with the foundation to become more effective homeland security professionals and managers.