Undergraduate Course Catalog 2016-2017
University of New Hampshire at Manchester
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Homeland Security (HLS)
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Professor: James D. Ramsay
The Homeland Security Program at UNH Manchester will give students the tools to defend, protect, act, and react to a variety of threats, including threats from small- and large-scale attacks of violence and terrorism, to technological hazards or catastrophic natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes.
The Homeland Security Program is built around the expertise and advice of subject matter experts from around the nation. Its proven curriculum includes practical experiences, service-learning opportunities, and consulting opportunities that empower students to manage programs and lead people. It provides students with an impressive array of tools including how to do strategic planning, how to build emergency management and continuity plans, how to perform an organization-wide security and risk assessments, and how to design and evaluate exercises. The curriculum is flexible and includes the ability to either obtain two minors or to double major within four years. Ultimately, the homeland security program empowers students to be successful on the job market or in graduate school.
Homeland security is a broad field providing students with many graduate school opportunities and career paths in the public sector (e.g., local, state or federal government), the private sector, or the military. Students will find diverse and rewarding career opportunities in cyber security/information assurance; intelligence analysis; civil or Foreign Service; diplomatic security; law enforcement at the local, state or federal level; emergency and disaster management; immigration; border and transportation security; policy making; corporate security; risk management; critical infrastructure protection; human security; and more.
Program Requirements
Introduction to Homeland Security
Foundations of Information Security
Fundamentals of Corporate Security
Professional Skills in Homeland Security
Fundamentals of Emergency Management
Critical Infrastructure Security & Resilience
Homeland Security Law and Policy
Political Violence & Terrorism
Environmental and Human Security (ETS Discovery course)
Exercise Design and Evaluation
Intelligence Systems and Structures
Strategic Planning and Decision Making
Internship in Homeland Security OR Thesis in Homeland Security
Capstone in Homeland Security
Complimentary Block of Courses. In addition to the core HLS courses, students must complete 40 additional credits in one of five ways: (1) two minors; (2) a minor AND a “coherent block”/self-designed concentration approved by the HLS coordinator; (3) a second major; (4) an associate’s degree transferred in to UNH; (5) some other combination of coursework with consent of the HLS program coordinator.
For additional information about the Homeland Security Program, contact James Ramsay at james.ramsay@unh.edu, or contact the UNH Manchester Office of Admissions, (603) 641-4150, unhm.admissions@unh.edu.