Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, A.A.

Program Director: Dr. John Callahan

Associate of Arts 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;
• Use applied research to support writing and communicating effectively in the homeland security and emergency management realms.