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Homeland Security (TSA), Certificate of Specialization

Banner Code: 3_CE_TSA

Not Financial Aid Eligible


The Homeland Security (TSA) Certificate provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to successfully enter the field of homeland security, specializing in employment positions overseeing security management, intelligence analysis, transportation safety and border security. The sequence of courses offered within the certificate helps develop a student’s understanding of the interrelated duties, relationships, and responsibilities impacting personnel employed to ensure U.S. national security.

Program Level Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:

  1. Recognize the types of hazards that can negatively impact a community and assess the variables that impact this type of hazard exposure.
  2. Distinguish some of the fundamental roles and responsibilities of the professional emergency manager established by the Emergency Management Institute.
  3. Demonstrate effective skills using well established problem-solving, communication and interpersonal techniques.

Review Graduation Requirements.

Course Title Units
Required Core
Complete the following:
EMGT C102Introduction to Homeland Security3
EMGT C172Intelligence Analysis and Security Management3
EMGT C174Transportation and Border Security3
Total Units9