Master of Science in Management (MSM): Concentration in Homeland Security

The War on Terror has focused the nation's attention on homeland security, which has become a concern at all levels of government and in a wide variety of organizations.

Taught by instructors, many of whom have relevant knowledge about the policy, organizational and substantive issues regarding homeland security, the MSM with a concentration in Homeland Security can give students the opportunity to learn how to analyze models of homeland security and effectively communicate them, demonstrate an understanding of terrorism and the psychology of fear and evaluate technological solutions to problems of homeland security.

In this industry-current curriculum, our project-based Professional Learning Model™ can engage you with complex, real-world situations and challenge you to address policy, organizational and substantive issues regarding homeland security. The CTU PLM™ is designed to place you in the active role of collaborative problem-solver and project initiator, and can help you acquire skills as you study and learn about the concerns of homeland security at all levels of government and in a wide variety of organizations.

CTU's MSM with a concentration in Homeland Security is designed to help you acquire an understanding of the various threats facing the United States and the technology solutions that can combat those threats – including detection and surveillance.  Successful completion of this degree program can provide students with an applicable foundation of relevant qualifications, including how to:

• Lead and direct technical initiatives and operations.
• Analyze and develop strategies for improving organizational processes and operations.
• Work effectively as problem--solving team member.
• Conduct, use and evaluate professional applied research.
• Analyze models of Homeland Security and effectively communicate them.
• Demonstrate an understanding of terrorism and the psychology of fear.
• Assess threats to the infrastructure.
• Evaluate technological solutions to problems of Homeland Security.
• Examine the relationship between Homeland Security--related organizations and government.

Core courses in CTU's Master of Science in Management with a concentration in Homeland Security include:

• Strategic Management in Dynamic Environments
• Leadership and Ethical Decision-Making
• Applied Managerial Decision-Making
• Graduate Research Methods

Several of the concentration courses required in this degree program are based on the curriculum of the Masters of Homeland Security as developed by the US Naval Postgraduate School. CTU is a member of the Homeland Security and Defense Education Consortium. Course examples include:

• In Dynamics of Terrorism, the course can address such specific topics as suicide terrorism, the role of the media, innovation and technology acquisition, the decline of terrorism and ways of measuring the effect of counterterrorism policies and strategies.
• In Vulnerability Analysis and Protection, students can have the opportunity to study a network theory of vulnerability analysis and risk assessment called Model-Based Risk Assessment (MBRA), which used to extract the critical nodes from each sector, model the nodes' vulnerabilities by representing them in the form of a fault-tree, and then applying fault and financial risk reduction techniques to derive the optimal strategy for protection of each sector.
• In Psychology of Fear Management, students can examine terrorism as a psychological phenomenon and study the psychological consequences of mass-casualty terrorist attacks and other disasters.

Other concentration courses in this program include:

• Homeland Security Fundamentals
• Technology Solutions for HLS
• Organizational and Policy Challenges
• Homeland Security and Government
• Homeland Security Capstone

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