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HLSS500 Research Methods in Homeland Security (3 semester hours)
This course is highly recommended as a second class for homeland security graduate students. This course provides basic research methods skills to assist homeland security graduate students in addressing problems and issues in the discipline. Students taking this course will become well-versed in research planning, secondary data collection, and qualitative data analysis methods, as well as how these methods relate to the larger field of social science research.
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HLSS502 Homeland Security and Defense (3 semester hours)
This course is highly recommended as a first course in homeland security. It provides a comprehensive overview of key elements of the United States homeland security enterprise. Students will examine, discuss, and analyze homeland security operational and policy concerns that have continued to evolve in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the creation of the Department of Homeland Security.
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HLSS505 Security Risk Management (3 semester hours)
This course introduces students to risk management components including plans and strategies to mitigate risk. Students in this course will examine the role of risk management at the strategic and enterprise levels in the prevention of loss and mitigation of consequences through risk identification and control. This course will allow students to develop and apply risk management techniques to include selection of risk management measures and implementation of those measures.
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HLSS508 Privacy & Civil Liberties in Homeland Security (3 semester hours)
This course offers an examination of the challenges associated with balancing civil liberties and securing the homeland. Students will examine critical infrastructure protection, the use of technology, and the need to carry out intelligence gathering in secrecy around the context of civil liberties and civil rights. Recommendations to improve existing homeland security programs and their overall effectiveness to meet emergent future challenges while balancing civil liberties will be discussed.
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HLSS522 Weapons of Mass Destruction and the New Terrorism (3 semester hours)
This course explores the threat of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) as a unique phenomenon within the homeland security landscape. Specifically, this course provides students with a historical perspective on the development and use of WMD from both an international and a domestic perspective. The course also explores the efforts to prevent, prepare, and respond to the use of WMDs.
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HLSS523 Domestic Terrorism and Extremist Groups (3 semester hours)
This course traces the history, emergence, and growth of domestic terrorist and extremist groups within the United States. Students will assess various groups' intentions, capabilities, and activities within contexts of and ramifications on political, national security, and legal paradigms.
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HLSS603 Resilience and Homeland Security (3 semester hours)
With an ever-changing threat vector, the need for a more resilient nation has never been more important. This course will explore different aspects of resilience and its connection to national homeland security. The course further explores resilience and its relationship to critical infrastructure nodes to methods of analysis and risk impact.
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HLSS645 Port Security (3 semester hours)
This course will survey the critical importance of ports to trade, their vulnerability to disruption and attack, and defensive measures to mitigate risk focusing on international cooperation and legislation. Special emphasis will be placed on defensive measures to protect ports from disruption or asymmetric attack, international cooperation, and national legislation.
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HLSS697 Creative Project Capstone Option in Homeland Security (3 semester hours)
The Creative Project Capstone Option in Homeland Security is a 16-week capstone course for the master’s degree in Homeland Security. Creative projects as program capstones may be derived from a wide variety of organizationally defined formats, including legislative proposals (local, state, or federal), briefs, and standard operating procedures. Other formats that may also be utilized are training program manuals, procedure manuals, organizational change proposals, communication plans, and recruitment plans. Students are required to follow the requirements of the APUS Capstone Manual and the appropriate presentation style guide. NOTE: This course may not be taken until all other courses are COMPLETED and the student has a 3.0 GPA.
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HLSS699 Homeland Security Capstone (3 semester hours)
The Homeland Security Capstone is a 16-week capstone course for the master’s degree in homeland security. This course will involve a major research paper or thesis project that demonstrates the student’s understanding of and ability to implement the homeland security program objectives. The research paper should demonstrate the student’s understanding of social science research methodology as it applies to homeland security. Students must follow the requirements of the APUS Capstone Manual and the appropriate presentation style guide. NOTE: This course may not be taken until all other courses are COMPLETED and the student has a 3.0 GPA.
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