Homeland Security

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The Homeland Security Certificate Program is designed to equip students within depth understanding of how to prepare and respond to disasters at the local, regional, national or international level. Students will also gain knowledge concerning the politics, policies, and theoretical basis regarding Homeland Security issues.

Program Purpose

Students will demonstrate (1) basic knowledge in homeland security that will prepare them to transfer into a pathway program at Arizona western college in AJS/HLS program. And continue to a state university and (2) competency in communication, critical thinking, quantitative analysis, and technological applications within homeland security.

Learning Outcomes

•Develop a basic conceptual framework for thinking about protection of the homeland security of the United States.
•Understand the history of homeland security as it evolved from the fields of civil defense, emergency preparedness, and traditional intelligence studies.
•Introduce the major types of equipment, apparatus, and extinguishing methods agents used in firefighting.
•Explain the six major areas found in National Incident Management System (NIMS) and their relationship to Incident Command System/Incident Management System (ICS/IMS).
•Analyze existing cybersecurity capabilities and develop and adjust strategy to address changing threats.
•Apply the basic principles of dealing with a bioterrorist event and demonstrate an understanding of the rules governing the dissemination, propagation and management of relevant diseases.
•Demonstrate critical reasoning, problem solving abilities, communications skills, and ethical concerns in emergency preparedness.
•Apply practical principles related to the respective professions in the public services – law enforcement, fire, emergency medical services, and emergency management.
•Describe the tactics and methods terrorists use and what motivates them to strike at society.
•Identify the cause for terrorism as related to religious and political ideas