Students interested in supplementing their education with an additional level of expertise in homeland security and cyber law can earn the online Graduate Certificate in Homeland Security: Law & Policy.
The 12-credit hour certificate provides a foundation in the international and domestic aspects of homeland security law, with elective options in biosecurity, cyber law and other topics. Students who complete the certificate will be able to apply what they learn to a variety of professional settings.
Students must meet the university’s minimum criteria for graduate admission.
The Graduate Certificate in Homeland Security: Law & Policy provides a foundation in the international and domestic aspects of homeland security law, with elective options in biosecurity, cyber law and other topics.
The 12-credit hour, online certificate curriculum includes courses from the law school's M.S. in Homeland Security: Law & Policy program. Students pursuing the graduate certificate are required to complete two of the three core courses required for the M.S. degree. Those core courses, coupled with two elective courses, offer a broad approach to homeland security law and the opportunity to study an area of special interest.
The certificate will require 12 credit hours for completion: 6 required credit hours (2 courses) and 6 elective credit hours (2 courses).
Required:
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| LAW 815 | International Aspects of Homeland Security | 3 |
| LAW 816 | Domestic Aspects of Homeland Security | 3 |
Electives menu (choose two 3-hour courses):
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| LAW 810 | Counterintelligence | 3 |
| LAW 811 | Cyber Law and Policy | 3 |
| LAW 812 | Terrorism Finance | 3 |
| LAW 924 | Independent Research | 1-2 |
| JMC 810 | Crisis Communications | 3 |
| EVRN 720 | Topics in Environmental Studies: _____ (Biosecurity in the 21st Century) | 3 |
| PUAD 862 | Emergency Management in the United States: Theory and Practice | 3 |
