2018-2019 Online Continuing Education Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2018-2019 Online Continuing Education Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness


Program Description

The New England College Bachelor of Arts in Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (BAHSEP) program prepares students for opportunities in both the public and private sector for positions in and out of government, particularly in homeland security, crisis management, first response, or in any industry where an in-depth knowledge of the field is desired. Students who successfully complete the BAHSEP program are also well prepared for graduate level work. 

The BAHSEP major consists of 40 credits and focuses on the intersection between theory, policy and politics.  BAHSEP faculty are scholar practitioners in the in the world of homeland security and emergency preparedness, and bring their experience to bear in course design, instruction, and student interactions.

BAHSEP students will gain an understanding of the intellectual foundations for key homeland security discussions and how the outcomes affect and are changed by the political process. They will develop analytical and advocacy skills, and will be prepared to enter or continue careers in the public, private, and non-profit homeland security and emergency preparedness fields.

The program builds and integrates the student’s intellectual interest and experience, small group dialogue, and interaction with theoreticians and practitioners in the field. The value of this experience, opportunity to network and apply knowledge developed through asynchronous interaction in the online classroom, all while earning academic credit, is at the heart of this degree program.

Learning Outcomes

Students who complete the program will be able to:

  • Collect, synthesize, and analyze information to better understand historical and contemporary issues in homeland security and emergency preparedness; 
  • Apply negotiation tools to collaboratively reach consensus and identification of common objectives in diverse populations with diverging interests;
  • Demonstrate an understanding of key governmental and non-governmental institutions that formulate and homeland security policy;
  • Articulate the nuances of national level politics, and how they influence the formulation and implementation of public policy and disaster response;
  • Formulate alternative theoretical perspectives to the analysis of homeland security and emergency preparedness;
  • Use applied research to support writing and communicating effectively in the homeland security and emergency management realms.