Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Criminal Justice
A.A.S. Degree (D)
The Homeland Security and Emergency Management Option is a comprehensive option that will provide opportunities to partner with non-credit and continuing education offerings of the college. Students may elect to complete an associate degree in the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Option, take courses in the subject matter while majoring in another career area for a dual associate degree, take courses for a credit certificate in the discipline, or take courses in a non-credit format earning continuing education credits (CEU's).
Program Graduate Competencies
The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.
- Articulate the roles and responsibilities of key Criminal Justice and Homeland Security agencies and organizations.
- Demonstrate "all-hazards" planning, mitigation, response and recovery.
- Apply mitigation and crisis intervention strategies used by integrated disaster response teams to diverse citizen populations.
- Articulate the psychology and history of domestic and international terrorism.
Core Curriculum Competencies
The Core Curriculum Competencies listed below identify what you will be able to do as a graduate, regardless of your program of study. You will acquire these core competencies through general education courses and program-specific coursework. You will be expected to use relevant technology to achieve these outcomes:
- Apply clear and effective communication skills.
- Use critical thinking to solve problems.
- Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
- Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
- Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
- Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.
Graduation Requirements
Core Courses
Program/Major Courses
| CRJ 217 | Ethics, Professionalism, and Communication in Public Safety | 3 |
| CRJ 226 | Crisis Intervention | 3 |
| HDM 101 | Introduction to Homeland Security and Emergency Management | 3 |
| HDM 103 | Information and Intelligence Sharing in Homeland Security | 3 |
| HDM 105 | Environmental Hazards and Vulnerabilities | 3 |
| HDM 110 | Issues in Homeland Security and Emergency Management | 3 |
| HDM 202 | First Responder | 3 |
| HDM 204 | All-Hazards Management and Critical Infrastructure Protection | 3 |
| HDM 225 | Supervision and Leadership in Emergency Management | 3 |
| HDM 244 | Introduction to Terrorism | 3 |
Program/Major Support Courses
Suggested Pathway to Graduation (Course Sequence Sheet)
Semester 1
Semester 2
| HDM 110 | Issues in Homeland Security and Emergency Management | 3 |
| HDM 103 | Information and Intelligence Sharing in Homeland Security | 3 |
| CIS 107 | Introduction to Computers/Application | 3 |
| HDM 105 | Environmental Hazards and Vulnerabilities | 3 |
| ENG 102 | Composition II | 3 |
Semester 3
| CRJ 226 | Crisis Intervention | 3 |
| HDM 244 | Introduction to Terrorism | 3 |
| HDM 204 | All-Hazards Management and Critical Infrastructure Protection | 3 |
| CRJ 222 | Constitutional Law | 3 |
| ENG 122 | Technical Writing and Communication | 3 |
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| SPA 133 | Using Beginning Spanish | 3 |
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| SPA 136 | Spanish Communication I | 4 |
Semester 4
| CRJ 217 | Ethics, Professionalism, and Communication in Public Safety | 3 |
| CRJ 223 | Criminology | 3 |
| HDM 202 | First Responder | 3 |
| HDM 225 | Supervision and Leadership in Emergency Management | 3 |
To complete program requirements, you must pass the above courses and earn at least 62 credits. The number of courses and credits required for graduation may be more depending on your need for developmental education courses and the elective choices you make (if electives are a part of the program). Some programs also have college-level courses that you must take if you do not score at a certain level on the College Placement Test. If this applies to your program, the courses are listed at the top of the sequence sheet before the first semester of the course list.
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