Homeland Security Certificate Program

Certificate Code: AAU-CJ09

Prepare for a career in homeland security. The program is designed for students specifically interested in pursuing a career in homeland security. Students will explore topics such as beginning criminal investigations, technology in criminal justice, interviewing and interrogation, homeland security and emergency management.

Required Homeland Security Certificate Courses

CRJ105: Technology in Criminal Justice (Undistributed Elective)

3 Semester Credits
Prerequisite: None

This course provides a framework of information about technology and computers and specifically how they are used by criminals and law enforcement agencies. It examines basic computer concepts and design, networking and information exchange, and then delves into more advanced and crime-specific technologies such as wiretaps, surveillance, and the use of technology in high-tech crimes, disaster response, and police protection. The study of technology is integrated into wider criminal justice themes: its ethical and legal implications; its place in the community based policing model; and how it impacts traditional criminal justice theories.

CRJ140: Introduction to Terrorism (Undistributed Elective)

3 Semester Credits
Prerequisites: None

This course provides a theoretical and conceptual framework that enables students to understand how terrorism arises and how it functions. It focuses on the domestic and international threat of terrorism and the basic security issues surrounding terrorism today. It covers essential historical background on the phenomenon of terrorism and the roots of contemporary conflicts, includes detailed descriptions of recent and contemporary conflicts shaping the world stage, and presents theoretical and concrete information about Homeland Security organizations.

CRJ145: Introduction to Emergency Management (Undistributed Elective)

3 Semester Credits
Prerequisite: None

This course provides a comprehensive examination of the background components and systems involved in the management of disasters and other emergencies. It details current practices, strategies, and the key players involved in emergency management in the U.S. and around the world. It covers local and state issues, particularly as they relate to FEMA and other federal agencies, and examines how public administrators are locally tasked with protecting their communities. This course also explores FEMA's continually changing role within the Department of Homeland Security and the impact and aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Lessons include proper planning, mitigation, in-crisis decisions, evacuation, recovery, and how managers can avoid devastating breakdowns in communication and leadership during a terrorist event or natural disaster.

CRJ150: Introduction to Homeland Security (Undistributed Elective)

3 Semester Credits
Prerequisite: None

This course addresses the functions of Homeland Security and critical infrastructure and asset protection as they relate to government, industry, and the community. The key functions of threat prevention, crisis response, and operations recovery are addressed from a variety of perspectives given that homeland security is a responsibility that is shared by government agencies, the private sector, and individuals, encompassing a broad spectrum of professional career positions throughout our society. This course provides an overview of the elements involved in the homeland security function, as well as the challenges critical infrastructure managers in government and industry can and will face while maintaining mission operations and staff accountability in the midst of multiple overlapping roles and responsibilities in our rapidly changing world.

CRJ302: Effective Professional Communication (From B.S. Criminal Justice Degree Program)

3 Semester Credits
Prerequisite: None

This course provides an understanding of research and communications in a professional environment. It familiarizes students with the techniques, strategies and forms of writing used in the professional world. This course will increase students’ knowledge of organizational writing and communications including case analysis, data interpretation, problem solving and report writing.

CRJ335: Kinesic Interviewing (From B.S. Criminal Justice Degree Program)

3 Semester Credits
Prerequisite: CRJ200

Of all the topics taught in law enforcement academies and criminal justice training centers throughout the United States, one of the most critical topics is the principles of interview and interrogation. This course equips the criminal justice student with a complete and practical set of procedures and techniques needed for interviewing and interrogation. It is vital to any case that investigators obtain essential information from victims, witnesses and informants, and that confessions from suspects stand up to court scrutiny.

 

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